Produced in association with Seattle’s ACT Theatre
The Invisible Hand
March 10 - April 5, 2015
Morrison Stage
By Ayad Akhtar
Directed By Allen Nause
Designs by Resident Artists Kristeen Willis Crosser & Sharath Patel
The 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s tense plot involves a kidnapped American “futures” trader in Pakistan playing the market for his life. In this riveting, shockingly relevant play, taut scenarios unfold as the trader works to earn his release while unwittingly handing the tools for financial chaos and political vindication to his captor.
Interview
Click this link to hear a fascinating and insightful segment on “Think Out Loud” — host Dave Miller talks about The Invisible Hand with playwright Ayad Akhtar, Director Allen Nause and actor Imran Sheikh on OPB.
Study Guide
Download it here.
Press
“…a nice, sharp hostage thriller on the surface, but then it veers into the territory of political economics and deepens into something deliciously different”
“The Invisible Hand Packs a Punch … Nothing is black or white, and it’s in the shades of grey that Akhtar’s play has its greatest power…”
“…well-conceived, well-crafted production of an emotionally stirring and intellectually provocative play.”
“Akhtar’s script has the moral intelligence of a great play but the jittery energy of a Hollywood blockbuster—a hybrid of terrorist-kidnapping cliff-hanger and Wall Street noir—but the action is all contained in his pugilistic dialogue and the dynamo performances.”
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