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Aditi Brennan Kapil

AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP, A TALL TALE

  • Full Length
  • Drama

Explores the intersecting lives of immigrants in a US city. It is a magical tale of hope and disappointment, identity and reinvention, narrated by an itinerant subway busker. Against the subterranean rhythms of a subway train, an itinerant subway busker, a Liberian home care worker, a former Bulgarian ringmaster and his wife, and an Indian call center escapee find and redefine themselves in today’s America.

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Publisher

Samuel French

Press

"...this lovely, brooding play bodes well for the future of the theater." -Sylviane Gold, NY Times

"...a tough and tender play ... that is as graceful and evocative as trapeze artists flying through air with the greatest of ease."
-Frank Rizzo, Variety

"Lives intersect while others hover in parallel, but Kapil has created a masterly matrix for what are essentially first-person short stories told by the five main characters... this lyrical, bittersweet play is a spirit-soaring experience."
-Susan Hood, Hartford Courant