2013
It is a must-watch for people of Indian Origin but I am sure anybody who has been an immigrant will be able to see a sliver of their experience reflected in the play.
Read More[It] is no small feat to have a world premiere be as effective as this – you may even be inspired to make that long-avoided call to your folks.
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Read MoreOf course, the key ingredient for making a story easy to follow is a solid script and good direction along with actors who truly understand the characters they are bringing off the page into reality (at least for 90 minutes). This show has all that!
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Read MoreThe Lake Effect has surprising depth in meaning while skimming the surface of this trio’s lives. I didn’t want the story to end.
Read MoreThere's nothing like a good mystery to pull in an audience, and Rajiv Joseph definitely delivers one that exposes loads of family secrets in his new one-act drama The Lake Effect.
Read MoreSilk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani have announced the World Premiere of The Lake Effect, written by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Timothy Douglas. The Lake Effect runs April 23 - May 26, 2013, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago. Press opening is Saturday, April 27 at 4:00 pm.
Read MoreAward winning Chicago-based theatre company, Silk Road Rising, is producing the World Premiere of Jeff Awards Recommended play, “The Lake Effect,” by Indian American playwright Rajiv Joseph.
Read MoreI enjoyed this refreshingly take on the effects of one’s life on their significant others. This world premier is a “must see” event.
Read MoreAn ever-shifting piece of all-engaging theater, [Invasion!] asks its audience to stay on their toes and take nothing for granted [...] Invasion! can be uniquely understood by each audience member based on their own experiences.
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Read MoreSilk Road Rising’s production of Invasion! is a luridly poignant piece that is not only alarming and grappling, but the talent behind the work (both on stage and off) is engaging and deserves an audience.
Read More[Invasion!] is a provocative play that will make some people squirm in their seats, as they should!, but it is essential viewing.
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Read MoreA blistering commentary on the dangerous power of stereotypes. Jonas Hussan Khemiri‘s Invasion! is a challenging kaleidoscope of a play, a whirling, non-linear mash-up of chameleonic characters, charged situations and provocative ideas.
Read MoreWithin the first ten minutes, this show establishes itself as unconventional… startlingly so.
Read More[Ultimately] Invasion! delivers a theatrical treat. The piece proves to be provocative, daring and insightful. This show is worthy of an audience.
Read MoreAs malleable as the material, Anna Bahow’s subversive staging for Silk Road Rising keeps it surreal—and toxically familiar. The cast—Kamal Hans, Amira Sabbagh, Glenn Stanton, and Omer Abbas Salem—inhabit their careful caricatures with heart, charm and zest.
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Read MoreSilk Road Rising certainly deserves praise for tackling such a challenging work and performing it so well.
Read More[The play] blends the classic nesting-stories structure of "The Arabian Nights" with contemporary riffs on the psychic damages incurred through racial and ethnic profiling. The result [...] is a clever and sometimes-wrenching kaleidoscopic journey through the looking-glass of prejudice, fear and internalized self-loathing that ends with an indelible and horrifying erasure of identity.
Read More"Meet Mosque Alert" is a compilation of content created in Steps 1 through 4 of Jamil Khoury's 9-Step new play development and civic engagement process. Mosque Alert tells the story of two suburban American families living in Naperville, IL—one Christian, the other Muslim—who find their lives torn apart by a proposal to build a new mosque in their community.
Read MoreThe award for "Best New Work" was presented to playwright Rajiv Joseph for The Lake Effect, commissioned by Silk Road Rising and produced in 2013.
Read MoreMy name is Jamil Khoury and I study the political utility of art. Too general. My name is Jamil Khoury and I study the diplomatic efficacy of theatre. Too ambiguous. My name is Jamil Khoury and I study the dialectics of storytelling and social change. Too academic. My name is Jamil Khoury and I study the empathic functions of humor. Whatever...
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