Junk by Ayad Akhtar

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced, a fast-paced economic thriller that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s.

Set in 1985, Junk tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as "America's Alchemist," his proclamation that "debt is an asset" has propelled him to a dizzying level of success. By orchestrating the takeover of a massive steel manufacturer, Merkin intends to do the "deal of the decade," the one that will rewrite all the rules. Working on his broadest canvas to date, Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar chronicles the lives of men and women engaged in financial civil war: insatiable investors, threatened workers, killer lawyers, skeptical journalists, and ambitious federal prosecutors. Although it's set 40 years in the past, this is a play about the world we live in right now; a world in which money became the only thing of real value.

Starring Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, Molly Fonseca, Michael Stuart, Joe Penrod (returning to Austin for this special production!), Nguyen Stanton, Zac Carr, Zac Crofford, David Yakubik, Jason Graf, Sweet Van Loan, Scot Friedman, Annika Lekven, Craig Kanne, Sean Christopher, Nate Dunaway and SCA’s own Jeremy Brown and Rommel Sulit.

Directed by Benjamin Wallace Summers (WAITING FOR LEFTY, THE ALTRUISTS, BULL, POCATELLO) and Assistant Director Jeremy Lee Cudd (ACTUALLY). The production team is rounded out by Stage Manager Helen Hetrick, Lighting Designer Chris Conard, Scenic Design / Technical Director Zac Thomas and Costume Designer Talena Martinez.

On Thursday February 21, 2019 at 8:00 pm (ends Saturday March 9, 2019 at 8:00 pm)

Category: Arts - Performing Arts - Theatre - Stage

Price:

General Admission: USD 25.0
Student/Senior/Educators: USD 20.0

Venue: Whisenhunt Stage at Zach Theatre, 1510 Toomey Road, Austin, 78704

Links:

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