Junk. By: Ayad Akhtar

A play about finance?  Not something I would ordinarily pick up, let alone want to devour, and yet being totally enamored of Ayad Akhtar's writing I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into this.  A harsh look at the "now", by looking at the "then".  Told through the lens of the Junk Bond market in the 80s, Akhtar has managed to illustrate how our country got to be where it is today.  At times very uncomfortable, but always enlightening Junk moves along like a thriller...and the ending of Act II will cause audible gasps.  Akhtar, in my thinking, is one of our greatest playwrights, giving us a unique lens into America.