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Disgraced (2012) is the first stage play by playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar. [1] It premiered in Chicago and has had Off-Broadway and Off West End engagements. The play, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, [2] opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater October 23, 2014. [3]
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Akhtar's first produced play, Disgraced, premiered in 2012 at the American Theater Company in Chicago; it was next staged at Lincoln Center Theater in New York. [8] [9] The play won the Obie Award and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and premiered at the Bush Theatre in London that spring.
In 2012, Akhtar published his first novel, American Dervish, which garnered widespread critical acclaim. He wrote his first play, Disgraced, the same year, and it premiered at the American Theater Company in Chicago in 2012. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013, before debuting on Broadway in 2014.
Apr 29, 2013 · A play that tackles Islamophobia and questions of Muslim-American identity recently won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The play is Disgraced, by first-time playwright Ayad Akhtar.
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Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar’s first play, premiered in Chicago in January 2012. The play then moved to London, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013, and premiered on Broadway at the Lyceum...
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Disgraced is a 2012 play by Ayad Akhtar about Amir, a successful American lawyer who struggles with his conflicted feelings about his Muslim heritage. Amir has distanced himself from his...
