World Premiere
The Doppelgänger
(an international farce)
Written by Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Directed by ensemble member Tina Landau
Main Series
About the Show
A BOLD COMEDY THAT BLENDS SLAPSTICK WITH POLITICAL BITE, AND BAWDY WORDPLAY WITH INCISIVE COMMENTARY ON AMERICA'S LOADED POSITION ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.
In the dangerous back channels of international resource politics, a wealthy British businessman suffers an untimely accident just before a critical African copper deal is signed. So when his unwitting (and witless) American doppelgänger is thrust into negotiations to avert intercontinental disaster, chaos erupts, leaving us wondering: whose side are we supposed to be on... and who will save Africa?? This new American farce is a hilarious, irreverent and timely look at the back-room deals that shape our world and the unlikely cast of characters who make them.
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