Photo Flash: First Look at TRUE BELIEVER at Theaterlab

Theaterlab presents True Believer, a new play about identity, radicalism, and the passion of youth by Asa Merritt. Joshua Kahan Brody directs Kersti Bryan* in a solo performance with original live music by Bay Bryan. Thirteen performances will be staged at Theaterlab, 357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor in NYC from tomorrow, April 17, through May 9, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!

A young journalist returns from the Arab Spring hungry to build a more just society at home. Yet after she fails to publish her writing and can no longer relate to her apathetic peers, despondency sets in. Insomnia--a domestic terrorist group--reverses that. By recruiting her to write their manifestos they give her the agency she craves. Soon she is embroiled in an attack against her own country. As Insomnia moves closer and closer to taking action, a romance with another woman in the group, and a powerful conscience, threaten her commitment to the cause. Which will win out--her passion for people or her passion for justice?

Experts in the fields of sociology, social control, terrorism, and youth subculture will be speaking at talkbacks after select performances of True Believer. Below is the current schedule of speakers, with more to come.

April 17, 8pm - Harrison Schultz, Occupy Wall Street organizer and New School Ph.D. candidate

April 18, 8pm - David Brotherton, Sociologist, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

May 1, 10pm - Jeff Goodwin, Professor of Sociology, New York University (added performance)

May 2, 8pm - Piotr Szpunar, Postdoctoral fellow, Annenberg School of Communication, Pennsylvania University

May 9, 8pm - Eric Dickson, Associate Professor of Politics and Psychology, New York University

True Believer plays for 13 performances from April 17-May 9, 2015. There will be a special industry performance on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 7 p.m., and an additional performance has been added on May 1st at 10pm. Tickets are $15. They can be purchased by visiting OvationTix.com or by calling 212-352-3101. The runtime is 60 minutes with no intermission.

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