To Be Honest: Voices on Donald Trump's Muslim Ban

To Be Honest is a play script and series of essays reflecting on the ways Muslims are perceived and spoken of in America. With funding from a Mellon Foundation grant, several professors conducted more than two hundred hours of qualitative interviews in Texas with people across religious and political spectrums. Their conversations confirm expected polarizations and reveal new, troubling perspectives.

To Be Honest is a “documentary theater” script born from these interviews, which were used t...