“Do you know what fear feels like? Grief.”
REVELATIONS
a drama by Barry Smoot
Please note: REVELATIONS contains adult language and subject matter and is recommended for audiences 18+.
Barry is a member of the Dramatists Guild, 1065210.
“The truth is that the difference between love and hate is massive for a reason. We think we are all the smart ones and don’t ever realize there is all this complicated space in between. You can be blinded by the darkness just as easily as you can by light.”
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The Show.
REVELATIONS is a play in two acts by Barry Smoot. At its core, it is about the loss of a promising and innocent life. The lead character, Joshua Faizan, represents what is best and worst about this nation. He is intelligent, vain, blindly loyal, difficult and full of a fire that makes him unique. Above all—he is the son of immigrants. His death and its revelation says much about who we are and what we have become.
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The Story
Texas. 1961. Joshua Faizan is the son of an Arab immigrant. When his body washes up on the banks of Mueller’s Lake, the play becomes a murder mystery with religious undertones. It is also a critique of America’s treatment of immigrants throughout our history. The play lays bare the sins of the fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters.
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The Setting
In the 1960s, during the height of America’s racist attitude toward Black Americans, the same attitude was extended toward those Americans who had immigrated from Arabic countries. The play deals with the subsequent generations and how their lives continue to be be marginalized by a country with history of racist behavior.
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“I’m just what happens when you are driving, and you hit a bump in the road. The first thing that goes through your head is “I hope that wasn’t a cat or a dog.” But then you just keep driving. And your life doesn’t change one bit.”