ADAM KRAAR

Synopsis:  Empire of the Trees is set in India in 1963.  When Deborah, a young American woman living in New Delhi, strikes up a literary and romantic bond with a traveling Indian bookseller, she discovers she has a mysterious connection to ancient Indian myth.  She tries to share her new awareness with her husband, an ambitious journalist, but clashes with his inter-cultural suspicions, and cruel facts of class and history.  She seeks spiritual solace with the bookseller, and from the wise old Banyan tree in her yard – which causes her household to explode, and myth to spill into reality.

Cast: 1W, 3M

HISTORY:  Premiered at Abingdon Theatre with Wizard Oil Productions.  Previously, the play was workshopped at the Lark Play Development Center, William Inge Center for the Arts, and Ensemble Studio Theatre.  It was a finalist for both the MultiStages New Works Award and the Stanley Drama Award, and a nominee for Outstanding Full-Length Script by the New York Innovative Theatre Awards.