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Sparkling with intelligence and humor, Back of the Throat is the tale of an apparently friendly visit by two government officials, which soon devolves into a full-blown, no-holds-barred probe. Khaled, an Arab-American writer and the focus of the inquiry, finds himself suddenly 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? 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. An enthralling and ultimately chilling black comedy, Back of the Throat confronts bureaucratic euphemisms like Òperson of interestÓ with the frightening reality they seek to obscure.
Opens November 16, 2007.
Runs through December 2, 2007
Alumni Afterglow
November 17 (after the performance)
Sponsored by: The UDM Liberal Arts & Education and Health Professions Alumni Councils
& Robert Rogowski ’77, ’79 and Claire Boyce
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