Trust

by Sarah Schulman

When a businessman makes a stupid mistake, he finds himself in a Criminal Informant program. As he winds his way through the "War on Drugs" he discovers who he really is in the world he truly inhabits. A play that asks the question "How many lives would you destroy to save your own?"

When a businessman makes a stupid mistake, he finds himself in a Criminal Informant program. As he winds his way through the "War on Drugs" he discovers who he really is in the world he truly inhabits. A play that asks the question "How many lives would you destroy to save your own?"

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  • David Hansen: Trust

    Like one of those caper films in which an ordinary, seemingly blameless white guy gets sucked into a world of crime and intrigue, only to emerge by the final reel safe and sound, a bit wiser but confident in his place of privilege, Schulman's script is a seriously dark comedy in which our protagonist is hardly blameless, and his successful passage through the underworld unearned and undeserved. We are all aware that the drug war unfairly punishes people of color, and this is a damning, hilarious, and fast-paced illustration.

    Like one of those caper films in which an ordinary, seemingly blameless white guy gets sucked into a world of crime and intrigue, only to emerge by the final reel safe and sound, a bit wiser but confident in his place of privilege, Schulman's script is a seriously dark comedy in which our protagonist is hardly blameless, and his successful passage through the underworld unearned and undeserved. We are all aware that the drug war unfairly punishes people of color, and this is a damning, hilarious, and fast-paced illustration.