Invasion!
by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Rachel Willson-Broyles

Name: Invasion!
Brand: Jonas Hassen Khemiri
SKU: 9780573700675
Rating: 3.68 (257 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

Winner! 2011 Obie for Playwriting A New York Times Critic's Pick!

Synopsis

Winner!

2011 Obie for Playwriting

A New York Times Critic's Pick!

Invasion!

is a tornado of words images and ideas all centered around a magical name: Abulkasem.

The play assaults our deepest prejudices about identity race and language.

At once hilarious disturbing and poignant this deeply subversive play deconstructs a threatening identity - the Arabic male - and forces us to confront our own cultural identity.

Press Reviews

"A high-energy, often hectic experience, with theatrical and political ideas bouncing off each other like pinballs."
— Backstage

"Ask no more questions. Do not hesitate. This is without a doubt one of the best plays I have seen this entire season – and that includes Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway. It's an extremely intelligent, linguistically complex, politically charged, attention grabbing, rapid-fire tour de force for each of its 75 sharply written, cunningly directed, and superbly acted and deliciously well received minutes."
— New York NearSay

"When you're in the hands of totally confident, committed theatre artists - well, there's nothing like it...The Play Company finds relatively unknown contemporary international playwrights with something to say. This is one of their best finds yet."
— Lighting&Soundamerica

"CRITIC'S PICK! A slyly entertaining comedy with a sharp political edge... expresses confusion with remarkable clarity."
— The New York Times

"If you’ve ever wished somebody would write a razor-sharp play anatomizing lazy paranoia about the Middle East―somebody has."
— The VillageVoice

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
B man, 20-25 years old; plays Arvind, Expert 1, Fanon-Lover	—	20-25	man, 20-25 years old; plays Arvind, Expert 1, Fanon-Lover
C woman, 20-25 years old; plays Actor 2, Lara, Expert 2, Interpreter	female	20-25	woman, 20-25 years old; plays Actor 2, Lara, Expert 2, Interpreter
D man, 20-25 years old; plays Yousef, Alexandra, Eric, Expert 3, Anti-Nuclear Lady, Little Brother	female	20-25	man, 20-25 years old; plays Yousef, Alexandra, Eric, Expert 3, Anti-Nuclear Lady, Little Brother
A man, 40-50 years old; plays Actor 1, Lance, Guide, Journalist, Apple Picker	—	40-50	man, 40-50 years old; plays Actor 1, Lance, Guide, Journalist, Apple Picker