The playwright, a former media executive and an immigrant himself, is interested in many things here, beginning with the lives of those who conduct immigration interviews.
“New plays, baby,” shouted Definition Theatre artistic director Tyrone Phillips as I headed out the door onto 55th Street Thursday night, following the world premiere of “An Educated Guess” by Juan José Alfonso, a former media executive who has written his first play.
Alfonso, an immigrant himself, is interested in many things here, beginning with the professional lives of those who conduct immigration interviews, such as Alba Guerrero and her sidekick Nilda Jackson . The play, which is set around the turn of the 21st century, draws from the historical referent wherein the Sept. 11 hijackers all had been approved for visas at some point by consular officials who, in hindsight, clearly missed some things.
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