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Un racconto intimo sul reale valore dell’identità, sulle difficoltà di essere americano e mussulmano nel mondo post 11 settembre, ma anche la storia dell’influenza della crisi economica e della cavalcata elettorale di Trump nei rapporti tra un padre immigrato, che ama gli Stati Uniti e tutto ciò che rappresentano anche quando ciò mette in pericolo la sua stessa posizione e sicurezza, e un figlio, americano per nascita e formazione, che però inizia a dubitare dei valori con cui è cresciuto, quelli domestici, ma soprattutto quelli patriottici e consumistici tipici della sua generazione.

Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam - she’s encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner party for Amir’s colleague Jory and her husband Isaac, the hard truths revealed lead to the unraveling of their carefully constructed lives.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s. Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as...

In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his captors manipulate and master the world commodities and currency markets.

From the Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama and author of Homeland Elegies, a "sparkling and combustible" play about identity in America after September 11 (Bloomberg).