Invasion!
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 21, 2011
Closed Mar 13, 2011
Opened Feb 21, 2011
Closed Mar 13, 2011
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Invasion!, a play by the Swedish playwright and novelist Jonas Hassen Khemiri that has enjoyed great success in numerous European productions, receives its U.S. premiere -- presented Off-Broadway by The Play Company and directed by Erica Schmidt.
Invasion!, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles, is a subversive comedy that centers on "Abulkasem," a name that bears seemingly magical powers, and a series of characters who assume the name for their own reasons. Who is "Abulkasem"? Is he a character in a fairy tale, or an international super-spy? Is she a renowned auteur director? Does he/she pose a clear and present danger? And is there more than one? That all depends on who you ask.
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Playfulness and seriousness intermingle to disturbing --and awfully satisfying --effect in Swedish novelist and playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri's Invasion!, receiving its U.S. premiere at Walkerspace.
Khemini's play, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles, has a curiously moving lyricism, a cutting bluntness, and a grandly subversive sense of humor. (His use of lyrics from ABBA songs is an utter delight.)
The work takes audiences through a series of events in which the name "Abulkasem" becomes linked to a wide-range of people. Among them are a gay exterminator from Lebanon, a nerdy Indian telemarketer, a world-renowned Muslim experimental theater director, and an Arab man who's seeking asylu[...]