Amir Kapoor is an American born corporate lawyer of Pakistani heritage who tries to hide his religion (Islam) and his culture. He passes as Indian-American and he is living a wonderful life: he is happy, in love with his wife, and about to land the biggest promotion of his career. But when he briefly helps his nephew with a case defending a man of Muslim faith, Amir's career and personal life begin to slowly unravel.
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Scenes between 1 South Asian woman and 1 European descent man
2012, American Theatre Company, Lincoln Centre, NYC
2015
Dramatist's Play Service, Inc.
9780822230427
Won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Realistic
An unhappy orphan who finds solace in paper cut-outs of her parents, an Indian doctor who displays his medical degree in his taxi cab, and waiters who tamper with fortune cookie are some of the vibrant characters who are brought to life in this anthology of six monologues that revolve around paper. From drama to comedy to crime-thriller, Yee brings us a variety of plots and characters in a series of imaginative, thought-provoking vignettes.
Stylized
A series of vignettes illustrate the ripple effect of one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history and ponders what happens when the events that bind us together are the same events that tear us apart. The play provides brief glimpses into the lives of a sphinx-like escort, a grieving father, a conflicted priest, brothers of legend, a felonious housewife, an accountant of time, an orphaned boy, a radio shock jock and a man who finds things; each primarily connected by the cataclysmic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of over a quarter million people..
