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: Pulled Punches

    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.

    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

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

Production History

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

Awards

  • Best New Work
    Jeff Awards
    Winner
    2023