play novelist screenwriter premiered chicago broadway west end engagements play won pulitzer prize drama opened broadway previews began september recognized new work play musical award stage play broadway transfer earned tony award best play nomination play centered themes self identity muslim american citizens focuses dinner party people different backgrounds discussion turns politics religion mood quickly heated described powder identity politics play depicts racial ethnic secretly persist progressive cultural circles said depict challenge mobile muslim americans america productions included performances plot minute act play lawyer wife emily host dinner american born muslim raised manhattan acquisitions lawyer emily coming artist focuses islamic themes art cast aside muslim heritage sake career times drawn nonetheless emily affinity islamic artistic traditions serves muse influence islamic connection prior dinner partner track involved controversial case nephew born concerns arrest local imprisoned charges financing terrorist supporting groups leading question religious persecution emily encourages reluctant appear court support unofficial capacity gets mentioned new_york_times case dinner conversation hosts colleague work husband emily jewish art dealer dinner table assembly includes muslim african american jew wasp dining topic religious faith conversation touches islamic tradition racial september tensions mount cast november chicago cast announced included ally played arenas played played played played emily starting previews january official debut january chicago production creative team included fight choreographer set designer lighting designer costume designer prop designer sound designer donnell production stage manager july broadway cast announced time correspondent daily jon stewart creative team members sets designer costume designer lighting designer sound designer began previews october replaced october illness opening night scheduled october directed chicago new_york set direct broadway run new_york production opened claire tow theater new_york october following cast emily cast directed consisted broadway production originated reprising west end roles respectively reprising broadway role emily directed chicago broadway productions signed direct joined creative team set costumes lighting sound following tables casts principal original productions production history generation pakistani american born new_york_city raised milwaukee previously written starred film war portrayed pakistani engineering student terrorist studied columbia_university written novel studies muslim religious experience america son foreign born doctors spent decade exploring dual identity writing play order write play decided write experiences stated level write play turn look shoulder running away moment explosion creativity originally scheduled chicago illinois run february march official debut february eventually run moved forward week january february official january debut february run extended chicago new_york debut broadway run october premiere scheduled run november extended december hurricane sandy caused cancellation october evening performances october november extended december february london premiere play announced west end opening bush theatre beginning direction previews scheduled begin opening running june march extended june play opened scheduled july producer announced considered broadway run season june announced broadway run starting october following previews beginning september broadway began limited run broadway preview performances september opening night october original announced run lasting february january closure engagement announced march direction sets costumes lighting cast includes critical commentary new_york_times saw broadway production said continuously engaging engaged play wit intelligence puts contemporary attitudes religion microscope revealing self image people born way embraced selected play year end best plays hollywood reporter selected best writing claim voices appear scene recent years post racial nation chicago production chicago_tribune theatre critic praised intensely arresting time chicago called play compact stunning gut punch addressing cultural allowed escape aren chicago_sun-times critic noted plays characters identity minefield feels deliberately trapped playwright play won jeff award honoring excellence chicago entertainment_weekly critic suggested ending play executed packs lot scenes terms coincidence heavy personal drama religion politics usually manages pull edge admirable restraint director paced scenes best known comedy surprisingly commanding stage presence captures range character internal conflicts themes describes play thematically tackles questions muslim american identity noted couples exchange observations faith politics modern world intellectual find increasingly specifically said play questions identity religion contemporary world accent topic radical islam terrorism affected public discourse rejected muslim upbringing surname better law firm feels occasional islam wrote offers engaging challenge mobile islamic americans age according guardian play comes head protagonist tries come terms multiple identity american asian muslim passive observer injustice activist affinity shirts high thread counts home dinner party set apartment spare subtle orient interviews following pulitzer announcement said play title literal meaning literally plays disgrace real time audience says ways colonial history west playing muslim world events comprise history disgrace native peoples contemporary moment awards nominations chicago production received nominations august july theatrical productions season august recognized best new work play musical october description play pulitzer prize drama committee described moving play depicts successful corporate lawyer forced consider long pakistani muslim heritage pulitzer jury headed washington_post theater critic playwright princeton_university professor critic critic jury april earned award nomination outstanding lead actor april received circle award nomination won award production nominated broadway alliance award best new play lost spike april broadway production nominated tony award best play chicago production production broadway premiere competed season awards leaving new actors technical staff eligible broadway transfer broadway production
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