Fatwa - 2004
Fatwa was Alter Ego's fourth production
Playwright: Anuvab Pal
Director: Michael Barakiva
Producer: Nilay Oza
Stage Manager: Christine Lemme
Set Designer: Shoko Kambara
Lighting Designer: Nick Francone
Actors:
Joe Jamrog - Michael Jordan
Jerry Matz - Mohammed Ali
Fatwa, by Anuvab Pal, is a comedy about blasphemy.
Michael Jordan and Mohammed Ali, are not the famous ones. They are failed writers, almost dead and ready for obscurity. As a last effort, Michael Jordan writes a blasphemous book in an effort to get an Islamic Death Edict (FATWA) on his head. Sadly, the Middle East fails to read the novel. Pissed off, Mr. Jordan seeks the help of Mr. Ali to perform a staged "deadly act" before a video camera, that will apparently make both of them world famous. Mr. Ali's only qualification to perform this act is that he just happens to be "Middle Eastern Looking" and a good friend of Mr. Jordan's.
Fatwa was selected for the 2004 New York Fringe Festival, and played from August 14 to the 26th, 2004 at the Players Studio, 3C, and then enjoyed an independent run at the Blue Heron Theater from September 2nd to the 12th, 2004
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