THE GIN GAME to Replace THE INVISIBLE HAND at Artists Rep, 3/26-4/28

INVISIBLE HAND: This riveting, modern-day play exposes that the ability to reach in and manipulate market outcomes for money, ideology and power could be the ultimate mechanism for total control. When a futures trader is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, his desire for self-preservation is tapped by his savvy guard who demands to be tutored in market trading skills. Tense scenarios unfold as the trader works to earn his release but unwittingly hands the tools for financial chaos and political vindication to his captor. When ethics crouch in crisis, do the ends justify the means?

Artists Rep's Artistic Director for the past 25 years is Allen Nause, who is retiring at the end of the 2012/13 season. Incoming Artistic Director is Dámaso Rodriguez. The Gin Game is presented with support from CFM Strategic Communications and individual sponsors Charlotte Rubin and Hugh and Mair Lewis. The 2012/13 Artists Repertory Theatre season is presented by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Premiere season sponsors are Ronni Lacroute/WillaKenzie Estate and The Oregonian. Season hotel sponsors are Mark Spencer Hotel and Hotel deLuxe. The 2012/13 radio sponsor is KINK.FM. Other support comes from Regional Arts Culture Council, Work for Art, Oregon Arts Commission, Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, All Classical and Maletis Beverage. Now celebrating its 30th season, Artists Repertory Theatre is the longest-running professional theatre company in Portland. Artists Rep strives to challenge artists and audiences with plays of depth and vibrancy in an intimate setting. Artists Rep explores the strengths, frailties, and diversity of the human condition primarily through regional premieres, commissioned works and selected classics appropriate to contemporary issues.

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