Alternative Methods Premieres in NYC

A new play examining the role of psychologists in torture will be featured at the New York International Fringe Festival. The play, "Alternative Methods," follows the ethical struggles of a young psychologist working with interrogators in Iraq. An Iraqi doctor, suspected of treating an Al-Qaeda leader, is detained and interrogated.  U.S. forces want to know where the leader's safe house is.  Susan, a young psychologist, gains the doctor's trust. As her colleagues resort to brutal methods that still yield no intelligence, she takes matters into her own hands. 

Washington City Paper: “very well written and performed...very successful.“  DC Theater Scene: “interesting and thought-provoking...outstanding, all-equity cast.”  Winner, Social Consciousness Award.  With Hend Ayoub, Charlie Kevin, Julie Kline, John Greenleaf, and Alok Tewari. Director: Josh Liveright. Writer: Patricia Davis.

Performances:
 Sunday, August 15 at 8:15 PM
Friday, August 20 at 5:30 PM
Sunday, August 22 at 1:00 PM
Wednesday, August 25 at 8:15 PM
Saturday, August 28 at 9:45 PM

First Floor Theater at La MaMa

74A East 4th Street

Tickets $15 online or by phone (866.468.7619), $18 (cash only) at the door

On Sunday, August 22, at 3:00 in the Red Room, a panel discussion will follow the 1:00 performance of the play, featuring author Michael Otterman (American Torture and Erasing Iraq); Steven Reisner, an eminent psychologist who has led his field in opposing the involvement of psychologists in torture; and Nathaniel Raymond, director of Physicians for Human Rights’ Campaign Against Torture. (Courtesy:The Indypendent )