Title Disgraced / by Ayad Akhtar.

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[Venice, Calif.] : L.A. Theatre Works, 2018.

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Description	2 audio discs (97 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	"An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance"--Container.
Cast	Geoffrey Arend as Isaac, Behzad Dabu as Abe, Hari Dhillon as Amir, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Jory, Emily Swallow as Emily ; directed by Brian Kite.
Note	Complete and unabridged.
	Compact discs.
Credits	Producing director: Susan Albert Loewenberg ; original music by: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez.
Note	Includes panel discussions about the play's portrayal of Islamic Americans.
Summary	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.
Awards	Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Subject	Lawyers -- United States -- Drama.
	Husband and wife -- Drama.
	Artists -- Drama.
	Parties -- Drama.
	Pakistani Americans -- Drama.
	Muslims -- United States -- Drama.
	Islamophobia -- United States -- Drama.
	Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559
	Husband and wife. (OCoLC)fst00964385
	Islamophobia. (OCoLC)fst01737869
	Lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00994346
	Muslims. (OCoLC)fst01031029
	Pakistani Americans. (OCoLC)fst01051211
	Parties. (OCoLC)fst01054162
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Added Author	Arend, Geoffrey, 1978-
	Dabu, Behzad.
	Dhillon, Hari.
	Luqmaan-Harris, Sameerah.
	Swallow, Emily, 1979-
	Kite, Brian.
	L.A. Theatre Works.
ISBN	9781682660669
	1682660664

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