Westport, CT -- A grant of $20,000 has been awarded to Westport Country Playhouse by Connecticut Humanities to support a series of community events surrounding the Playhouse’s current production of Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar’s topical thriller, “The Invisible Hand.” The programs are free-of-charge, open to the public, and continue through August 8.
“Money, Power, and Belief: Reflections on ‘The Invisible Hand’” includes speakers, discussions, a film screening, and a month-long lobby exhibit. The enrichment programs are designed to deepen the audience’s experience of the play.
A complete calendar of community engagement events with details, dates, times, and locations, is available on-line at westportplayhouse.org, or a special brochure may be requested by calling the Playhouse box office at 203-227-4177.
“The Invisible Hand,” directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, is about an American futures trader who is kidnapped and held hostage in Pakistan. His ransom is ten million dollars. Using his global market expertise, he turns his prison cell into a trading floor in an attempt to raise the ransom money and earn freedom. The title of the play is derived from a concept that ‘the invisible hand’ is a natural phenomenon that guides the free market by everyone’s self-interest, attributed to economist Adam Smith.
Connecticut Humanities, a non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides opportunities to explore the history, literature and the vibrant culture that make the state, cities and towns attractive places to live and work. Learn more by visiting cthumanities.org.
For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.westportplayhouse.org or call the box office at (203) 227-4177, toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Stay connected to the Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse), follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse), and on YouTube (WestportPlayhouse).