Overview
- Second Stage’s production opened November 17 at the Irene Diamond Stage in the Pershing Square Signature Center and is scheduled to run through December 7.
- David Cromer directs a six‑member ensemble featuring Andrea Martin, Will Brill, Nael Nacer, Raffi Barsoumian, Tamara Sevunts and Susan Pourfar.
- The historical first act dramatizes Tatos O. Cartozian’s 1923–24 Portland naturalization fight, argued by lawyer Wallace McCamant over whether Armenians were legally considered “white.”
- The contemporary act shifts to Glendale for a reality‑TV taping that lampoons celebrity culture and debates genocide awareness, Armenian geography and a proposed census category.
- Reviewers from New York Stage Review and TheWrap commend the play’s craft and use of absurdist humor, with one critic pointing to potential awards consideration.