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Friday, December 29, 2017

An Antidote to Digital Dehumanization? Live Theater. by Ayad Akhtar

An award-winning playwright argues that the in-the-moment interplay between actors and audience can help us cope with an increasingly virtual world.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PM
Monday, June 3, 2013

Writing as Global Engagement: Ayad Akhtar by Ayad Akhtar

(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). CARIDAD SVICH: You are not only a playwri…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:01PM
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

How Hamlet Inspired Playwright Ayad Akhtar to Create a Magnetic Role for Aasif Mandvi in Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar

About the author: Ayad Akhtar digs deeply into questions of identity, exploring the inner life of young Muslim-Americans and presenting his findings—warts and all—in an impressi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:01AM