Back of the Throat
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Back of the Throat is a play written by Arab-American playwright Yussef El Guindi. The play reflects the fear of the Arab-American community in the post-9/11 America.[1][2]
It was first performed by San Francisco's Thick Description and Golden Thread Productions in April 2005.[3][4][5]
It was performed in 2005 in Seattle,[2] in 2006 at The Flea Theater in New York City under direction of Jim Simpson,[6][7] and has also been produced in other locations, including Chicago,[8] Pasadena, California (Los Angeles area),[9][10] and London.[11]
The play won the 2004 Northwest Playwrights' Competition held by Theater Schmeater,[2] L.A. Weekly's Excellence in Playwriting Award for 2006, was nominated for the 2006 American Theater Critics Association's Steinberg/New Play Award, and was voted Best New Play of 2005 by the Seattle Times.[3]