Cassandra Lewis

I’m honored to have my short play, Terror Act, presented by The Rasaka Theatre Company as part of Remy Bumppo’s thinkTank Project at The Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater in Chicago from March 6 - 30.

In Terror Act, an actor on his way to receive an award is detained in an airport basement and interrogated about his role in a film that questions detainment practices at Guantánamo.

Terror Act is a fictional play that was inspired by a true story covered by the BBC in 2006. Four actors and two others were detained in a London airport while returning from an award ceremony in Berlin. During the interrogation, one of the actors was asked if he intended to make anymore “political” films.

The play explores the belief systems of two opposing characters: Agent O, who tries to hold onto her ideals about justice as she interrogates Louis, a young actor struggling with the collision of art and politics.

Here is promotional information from Remy Bumppo:

Are your rights being covered or smothered?

Remy Bumppo’s thinkTank presents inSecurity Blanket: National Security vs. Individual Freedom

March 6 – 30 at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago

photo by Sara Levinson