Silk Road Rising announces 2013 season

2013 Three Play Season

New Season Subverts Identities & Perceptions
Two World Premieres and a Midwest Premiere!

THE LAKE EFFECT
A WORLD PREMIERE
April 23 - May 26, 2013
Written by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Timothy Douglas

In a depressed Cleveland neighborhood amidst a fierce winter storm, an Indian American brother and sister, long estranged, are reunited by the sudden death of their father. Enter their late father¹s African American confidante and gambling bookie, and a slew of family secrets get unearthed. The Lake Effect sets in motion a complicated web of relationships and conflicts that challenge our perceptions of race, gender, and success.

INVASION!
A MIDWEST PREMIERE
July 30 ­ September 1, 2013
Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Directed by Anna Bahow

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 mischievously subversive play deconstructs a threatening identity ­ the Arab male ­ and forces us to confront our own cultural identity.

PAULUS
A WORLD PREMIERE
November 12 ­ December 15, 2013
Written by Motti Lerner
Directed by Jimmy McDermott

Set between 58 A.D. and 64 A.D., Paulus imagines the Apostle Paul, who bridged Christianity from a Jewish sect to a global religion. Framed as an intra-Jewish debate, Paul¹s quest to universalize monotheism provokes strong opposition from the Jewish Establishment, the Jerusalem Church, the Emperor Nero, and a skeptical 62 year old Jesus.