There's one big problem about being an Asian actor in America " you just don't get the big parts. So the multitalented Ayad Akhtar put acting on hold, and turned to screen writing, producing The War Within, a film about jihadism. Then he tried playwriting and his debut, Disgraced, struck gold: after it was a big hit in Chicago and New York, it won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PM on May 22, 2013