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They may play would-be terrorists, but off-stage, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nitya Vidyasagar, Steven Boyer, and William Jackson Harper are one big family.
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Director Peter DuBois and playwright Jon Kern celebrate their opening night.
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The day after celebrating his own opening in MCC's Don't Go Gentle, David Wilson Barnes, who appeared in Second Stage's production of Becky Shaw, checks out Modern Terrorism.
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Halley Feiffer is no stranger to Second Stage, having appeared in its productions of subUrbia, Election Day, and Some Americans Abroad.
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Stage, screen, and cabaret favorite Emily Bergl's Second Stage credits include Some Americans Abroad and Becky Shaw.
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Second Stage alum Harriet D. Foy strikes a pose at the opening of Modern Terrorism.
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The force is with Utkarsh Ambudkar on opening night.
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William Jackson Harper savors the moments following the performance.
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Obie winner Steven Boyer plays the upstairs neighbor in Modern Terrorism.
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Nitya Vidyasagar plays a member of a terrorist cell trying to blow up the Empire State Building.
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The Modern Terrorism family: director Peter DuBois, actors Utkarsh Ambudkar, Steven Boyer, Nitya Vidyasagar, William Jackson Harper, Artistic Director Carole Rothman, and playwright Jon Kern.
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Second Stage Theatre celebrated its production of Jon Kern's Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them, on Monday, October 15 at HB Burger. The new play, directed by Peter DuBois, officially opens on Thursday, October 18.

Utkarsh Ambudkar, Steven Boyer, William Jackson Harper, and Nitya Vidyasagar star in the dark comedy, which follows a rogue group of 21st-century terrorists as they attempt to blow up the Empire State Building. The work won the 2012 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award.

Guests at the opening included Second Stage Theatre alums David Wilson Barnes, Emily Bergl, Halley Feiffer, and Harriet D. Foy.

Click here for more information and tickets to Modern Terrorism.