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Post Number: 172
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 4:17 pm: |    |
This production from UDM led to some very interesting post show discussions about civil liberties this weekend. Come out and see it for yourself...
The UDM Theatre Company continues to explore issues of social justice with Yussef El Guindi's chilling black comedy Back of the Throat November 16 – December 2 at Marygrove College Theatre.
Back of the Throat is the tale of an apparently friendly visit by two government officials to the home of Khaled, an Arab-American writer. Khaled finds himself accused of possible ties to terrorists. As the interrogation proceeds, the officials reveal their evidence, but is it evidence? Or have innocent events been distorted through the lens of paranoid suspicion? As the situation turns increasingly surreal, and the menace to Khaled increasingly real, the question of what it means to be an American takes on a very personal and charged significance. Back of the Throat chillingly explores the tools our government uses to interrogate suspects and is a thought provoking piece of theatre that ultimately leaves the audience with more questions than answers.
The cast of Back of the Throat includes Sean O'Reilly, the son of Dearborn Mayor John B. ORielly. O'Reilly is a UDM freshman.
The Theatre Company’s performances are held Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 2 PM at Marygrove College Theatre 8425 W. McNichols Rd. Tickets are $15. Discount tickets for senior citizens, faculty, staff and alumni of UDM and Marygrove College are $13. Student tickets are $9. UDM Marygrove student tickets are $5.
For tickets, call the theatre box office at 313-993-3270. |