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Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith

Newcity Chicago
By Fabrizio O. Almeida
November 15, 2005

Ten Acrobats, with an uncomplicated plot about immigrant parents that lose their grip as they lose their children to multiculturalism, delivers their familiar dysfunctions through the added prism of today's social and political attitudes towards Muslims, imbuing issues of assimilation, atheism, feminism and sexuality with topical urgency.

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All Happy Families are Unhappy
All Happy Families are Unhappy

Chicago Journal
By Kristin Gehring
November 10, 2005

What distinguishes Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith from a television sitcom is the intelligence and humor applied by the playwright and the production team.

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Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith

Chicago Free Press
By Louis Weisberg
November 9, 2005

This is one of those rare productions of a family drama in which the actors actually make a believable family—despite coming from a United Nations of backgrounds. What better way could there have been to reflect the universality of the human experience?

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Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith

Gay Chicago Magazine
By Venus Zarris
November 3, 2005

Space does not permit me to touch on all of the ground covered in the magnificent script and evoked and provoked by this excellent production, but I will tell you that this tells the story of a loving family of Americans who confront the challenges that come with questioning tradition.

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Acrobats</span> Performs Perceptive Feats
Acrobats Performs Perceptive Feats

Pioneer Press
By Catey Sullivan
November 2, 2005

The words are absolutely understandable, yet they hint - with understated grace - at intricacies beneath the surface and create a dialogue as layered as the threads of a hand-woven carpet.

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Culture Shock: Muslim Family Faces New Woes In Drama
Culture Shock: Muslim Family Faces New Woes In Drama

Daily Herald
By Jack Helbig
October 28, 2005

What makes El Guindi’s play remarkable is how artfully he presents this slice of Muslim-American life. His play is unsentimental and almost completely melodrama-free. Parts of his tale even feel like direct transcriptions from life, they are so realistic.

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Ten Acrobats</span> Explores Family Values
Ten Acrobats Explores Family Values

Chicago Tribune
By Chris Jones
October 27, 2005

The appeal of Ten Acrobats is that while we've seen parents of innumerable ethnicities throw up their hands in horror at their kids, we've rarely seen Muslim characters do so. That's because — in the Chicago theater, at least — we rarely see plays with Muslim characters.

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Egyptian-American Family Woes Are Familiar
Egyptian-American Family Woes Are Familiar

Chicago Sun-Times
By Mary Houlihan
October 24, 2005

In Guindi's play, the intergenerational conflicts of the Fawzi family are intensified by the pull of two very different cultures. The children's lives have been infiltrated by American values, while the parents fight to find a balance with this and the traditional values they hold dear.

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