By Bennett Fisher
Directed by Charlie Oates Featuring DeLeon Dallas, Andrew Gallop, and Kimberly Monks May 5 - May 14, 2016 Wagner New Play Festival UC San Diego, La Jolla There’s an explosion at the Minneapolis airport. Everyone is on high alert. With all the planes grounded, a stranded teenager pleads with a Somali-American Super Shuttle driver to drive him to Chicago so he can get home. As the two men cross the Midwest in the dead of winter, they discover that not everything is what it seems. Damascus investigates the seductiveness of extremism, the fine line between caution and paranoia, and the assumptions we make about homeland and security. 2016 San Diego Critics Circle Nominee - Outstanding New Play |
Photo credits: Jim Carmody (Damascus)