DISGRACED
2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2013 Obie Award for Playwrighting
2015 Tony Award Nomination for Best Play
“…bristles with wit and intelligence.” — The New York Times
“…sensationally gripping.” — Los Angeles Times
Amir Kapoor is a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. When he and his wife host a dinner party, what starts out as friendly conversation escalates into something far more damaging.
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JUNK
2018 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama
2018 Tony Award Nomination for Best Play
“Akhtar has written a modern-day morality tale that scrupulously questions the possibility of moral choice in a world where money, the new might, now makes right.” — Los Angeles Times
“…as close to reality as theater gets….riveting.” — The New York Times
It’s 1985. Hailed as “America’s Alchemist,” Robert Merkin’s proclamation that “debt is an asset” has propelled him to dizzying heights. Zealously promoting his belief in the near-sacred infallibility of markets, he is trying to reshape the world. What Merkin sets in motion is a financial civil war, pitting magnates against workers, lawyers against journalists, and ultimately, pitting everyone against themselves.
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THE INVISIBLE HAND
2015 Obie Award for Playwrighting
2015 John Gassner Playwrighting Award
Nominated for the 2017 Olivier and 2016 Evening Standard Awards
“…a hand-wringing, throat-clenching thriller.” — New York Magazine
“…a master storyteller.” — The Wrap
A successful financial trader 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.
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THE WHO & THE WHAT
“A fiery and probing new play, crackling with ideas.” — The New York Times
“A vibrant culture-clash drama simmering with humor.” — The Associated Press
A passionate and searing look at a family divided by faith, bonded by love, and searching for truth in contemporary America.
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