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The American Dream

Dramatic Theatre · ENovative Towers · Ages 15+ · United States of America

Content Warning Multi-Lingual Performance World Premiere
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Review by ALON DINA

June 16, 2025 stage takes original article
tagged as: ensemble · political

What I liked

Some of the concepts worked very well. I was particularly interested in the sketch of the AI police officer who struggles to connect with his mission, and also the teaching assistant, for the special needs student, who loses his job. I would really like to see these developed and I think the production was a nice experimental piece.

What I didn't like

Some of these scenes felt like I was watching the Saturday Night Live skits that are exact transcripts of what happened in the news or the latest thing Trump/Musk did. Perhaps it is just a sign of our times that we can no longer tell the difference. I did not like the characterizations that actors ended up chose to do; not that I was offended, it just feels like that has been done before, too often.

My overall impression

I met the writer at Office Hours and was excited to see political theater making a comeback. A series of vignettes to portray the current state of the political times we are in. This has good moments, good acting, and the touching message at the end.

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