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Usman Ally and Justin Kirk in The Invisible Hand. Photo: Joan Marcus
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Ayad Akhtar. Photo by Lia Chang
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) presents the New York Premiere of The Invisible Hand written by Pulitzer Prize Winner Ayad Ahktar. Directed by two-time Obie Award winner Ken Rus Schmoll, The Invisible Hand began previews on November 19, 2014 and has performances through Sunday, January 4, 2015 at New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th Street New York, NY 10003).
The cast features Jameal Ali (Hunted), Usman Ally (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity), Dariush Kashani (The Happiest Song Plays Last) and Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Justin Kirk (Showtime’s “Weeds”).
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced, The Who & The What) makes his New York Theatre Workshop debut with The Invisible Hand, directed by two-time Obie Award winner Ken Rus Schmoll (Red Dog Howls). The Invisible Hand follows an American investment banker, kidnapped and held for ransom in Pakistan, as he trades for his life. This suspenseful new play is a chilling and complex look at how far we will go to save ourselves and the devastating ramifications of our individual actions on global power and politics.
The audience is held in thrall…by Ally’s energetic performance.” –
The Guardian“The totally commanding Usman Ally” –
Variety“Deftly played with a simultaneous scowl and a puppy eagerness” –
Newsday“Mr Ally’s Bashir possesses a boyish swagger that suggests a more complicated man under the brutal facade” –
New York TimesSingle tickets for The Invisible Hand are $55. In addition, a variety of membership packages are on sale now at www.nytw.org or 212-279-4200.
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Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist. Lia starred as Carole Barbara in Lorey Hayes’ Power Play at the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., with Pauletta Pearson Washington, Roscoe Orman, and made her jazz vocalist debut in Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz “LADY” at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York. She is profiled in Jade Magazine.
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