Paris 1952. After tangling over politics with an American tourist, a promising art student spirals into a mental breakdown that derails his life. Thirty years later he discovers why: The tourist was a CIA operative, and the student an unwitting participant in one of the darkest chapters of the Cold War. 

Based on a true story, The Other American by D.W. Gregory opens Sept. 5 at New Jersey Repertory Co. in Long Branch. This production marks the fourth collaboration between Gregory and the award-winning theatre.

Previously New Jersey Rep premiered Memoirs of a Forgotten Man, October 1962, and The Good Daughter.