Pulled Punches by Tina Fakhrid-Deen

On an express train home to watch Scandal, Isis gets all the elements of her favorite show - drama, passion and heart-stopping suspense when she collides into a professor who dares to swirl into her orbit and take her breath away. A heady mix of Baraka’s The Dutchman and the mythos of Isis and the Seven Scorpions, PULLED PUNCHES investigates identity politics in the age of being “woke” and well-intentioned. How...
On an express train home to watch Scandal, Isis gets all the elements of her favorite show - drama, passion and heart-stopping suspense when she collides into a professor who dares to swirl into her orbit and take her breath away. A heady mix of Baraka’s The Dutchman and the mythos of Isis and the Seven Scorpions, PULLED PUNCHES investigates identity politics in the age of being “woke” and well-intentioned. How long should we pull punches before we let them fly? Does that choice promote true connection, violence, insanity or freedom?
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Pulled Punches

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  • Gina Femia:
    7 Aug. 2022
    “ An exciting play with two great characters and a two different, satisfying outcomes - I long to see this play and hope it's produced again and again. ”

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    MPAACT
    ,
    2020
  • Workshop
    ,
    Women's Theatre Alliance of Chicago
    ,
    2019

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    MPAACT
    ,
    2022
  • Workshop
    ,
    Women's Theatre Alliance of Chicago
    ,
    2019

Awards

Winner
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Best New Work
,
Jeff Awards
,
2023