My Trip to Al-Qaeda
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright performs his gripping, highly personal narrative that weaves the details of Al-Qaeda's rise to power into a compelling, eye-opening story.
- Sep. 22 - 27, 2007
- Terrace Theater
- 75 min.
- $35.00
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About
Written and performed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, the gripping, highly personal narrative My Trip to Al-Qaeda details the rise of radical Islam. Based on his recent bestseller The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 and originally presented as part of the 2006 New Yorker Festival, Wright's compelling production directed by Gregory Mosher brings to life the personalities behind the terror--and the toll the attacks of 9/11 have taken on America's civil liberties. National Public Radio calls it "an emotional journey," while the New York Times extols it as "engaging."
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST 9/25/07:
"REMARKABLE!... A JOURNEY WORTH TAKING.
Count yourself among the fortunate if you've scored tickets to Lawrence Wright's exquisitely observed travelogue into the dark, twisted heart of Middle East extremism."
Read the full Washington Post review
Artists
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Lawrence Wright, playwright, author
Resources
- About Prelude at the Kennedy Center
- About Theater at the Kennedy Center
- Video: My Trip to Al-Qaeda Watch a video excerpt.
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