Star Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...Ultimately, "Disgraced" strips away all kinds of layers and veneers. At the personal level, it shows that humans, despite all their sophistication, are animals who root and rut about and who cleave to the herd under threat. At the larger level, it shows that our ideas about freedom, about making ourselves in our own images and dreams, are more ideal than lived. Our choices shrivel up in an atmosphere of innuendo, accusation and fear."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Recommended

"...The story is set in present-day Manhattan and centers on Amir. Born in America to parents of Pakistani origin, Amir is a fallen-away Muslim who's battled his way to a six-figure income as a mergers-and-acquisitions attorney and married an up-and-coming WASP artist named Emily. Their comfortable existence hits a bump when Amir - at the behest of his wife and his nephew - reluctantly gets involved in the case of an imam accused of raising money to support terrorism."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Recommended

"...The play, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was a 2015 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, is especially relevant to 2016 audiences who wonder thoughtfully at the violent clash of cultures taking place globally. The play isn’t easy but it is truly thought-provoking and makes an important contribution to theater. Days later, I still find myself pondering some of the more painful revelations and how they relate to today’s headlines. A final shout-out to scenic designer James Youmans for the stylish set design that allowed off-stage actors to remain part of the play’s exposition."
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Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

"...Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar's stirring play having its Minnesota premiere at the Guthrie, is reportedly the most produced play across the United States this year. That is little surprise, given that it won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama and was nominated for the 2015 Tony Award for best play. Moreover, it is one of the timeliest plays seen on Broadway in some time, striking a national nerve on such hot-button issues as race relations, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and cultural identity. Add to that Marcela Lorca's steady, edge of your seat direction, a quintet of blazing performances, and a production beautifully rendered by set, costume and lighting designers, and Disgraced is a "drop everything and get your tickets now" occasion."
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Twin Cities Arts Reader - Recommended

"...Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific was considered a stirring and thought-provoking exploration of race and prejudice when it opened. It was also a thrilling musical with a beautiful and witty score, which are the main reasons why it's mostly remembered and still performed today. Disgraced, now playing next door at the Guthrie's McGuire Proscenium Stage, provokes much of the sort of fascination, discussion, and interest that South Pacific provoked when it premiered as one of the most controversial pieces on Broadway in 1949."
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