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Fall 2004 Newsletter

Season 5: Clashing Cultures
THE GOD BOTHERERS
written by Richard Bean

London's must-see hit of 2003

"A brutally funny, hotly topical play about the confrontation of
western liberalism and Muslim conviction that suggests
neither side has a monopoly on wisdom."
- The Guardian

Somewhere in the developing world lies Tambia, a part-Christian, part-Muslim country where prices are sky-rocketing, AK-47s are in demand, water is scarce, but the only thing people care about is getting their first cell phone.

Now a new Imam is stirring up trouble and the local gangs are getting restless as two western aid workers attempt to do good in this dusty land where "the borders don't make sense, there's no rule of law, you never know when the electricity's on, the last war's ruined everything, and the next war will ruin everything else."

THE GOD BOTHERERS gleefully skewers our preconceptions about religion, globalization, the oppression of women, and the underlying causes of poverty in the developing world.

Playwright Richard Bean's work has been seen in London at the National Theatre and at the Royal Court. Synapse's production of THE GOD BOTHERERS marks his American debut.

THE GOD BOTHERERS is seriously hilarious and
hilariously serious."
- The Sunday Times

"One of those rarities,
a really funny comedy with depth...
Never loses its wicked sense of humour...
Definitely a show to see."
- The British Theatre Guide    

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