OVERVIEW
“…boldly imagined, harrowing and surprisingly funny drama…”
- Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
“IMPRESSIVE DRAMATIC IMAGINATION... As AUDACIOUSLY COMIC as anything in the theater right now.”
- Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
“A vicious brand of comedy. GO!”
- Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly
Now enhanced for the Taper stage, this remarkable play throws two homesick soldiers, a tormented Iraqi and a brooding tiger together into a revelatory situation that is both hysterical and macabre, soul-wrenching and lyrical.
Directed by Tony-nominee Moisés Kaufman (Broadway sensations I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations), this production dares you not to look away from its honest and hauntingly theatrical depiction of the aftermath of war.
More Critical Acclaim for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo!
Finalist! 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
“Moisés Kaufman marshals the same cast and design team to even greater effect in Joseph's collage of a world blown off its hinges and left to wonder why God is mute.”
- Bob Verini, Variety
“Transcends the war genre to become a work that seems destined to stand the test of time.”
- Jeff Favre, Downtown News
“An excellent contemplation of war that SHOULD NOT BE MISSED...”
- Jana J Monji, LA Examiner
“A vision that's riveting… and completely original.”
- Paul Hodgins, The Orange County Register
More About the Show
Read Rajiv Joseph’s “Playwrights on Writing” article from Sunday’s Los Angeles Times.
An interview with Moisés Kaufman about the play.
CREDITS
Sponsor
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo has been selected as an NEA Outstanding New American Play as part of the NEA New Play Development Program, hosted by Arena Stage. It is also a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.
