(Re)Imagine Civic Theater with Seattle Rep
Seattle Rep is hosting a free online panel discussion about the relationship between theater and civic life on Thursday, October 29th at 5 pm. How can theater be integrated into civic life, and civic practice be more integrally a part of theater? What is our vision for the future of our country, and how can theater be a part of that? Get ready for the conversation with these related books, films and music in the Library's collection.
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100 Plays for the First Hundred Days
In response to the tumultuous events of the first 100 days of the Trump administration, acclaimed playwright Parks created a "play diary" to chronicle and try to make sense of those confusing and uncertain times.
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Just Us
Poet and playwright Rankine combines poetry, prose & images to probe racial, cultural and political divisions in contemporary American life and encourage readers to nurture their "empathetic imagination" in order to create a better future.
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All the Way
Schenkkan's award-winning play about LBJ, MLK and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act dramatizes a turning point in American politics and provides an excellent example of civic theater. Seattle Rep staged a production of ALL THE WAY in 2014.
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House Arrest
Noted playwright Deavere Smith delves deep into "the moral history of the American presidency, and by extension the American character" (Variety) in HOUSE ARREST, her examination of presidential peccadillos from Jefferson to Clinton.
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Three Plays
Best known as the author of A People's History of the United States, radical historian Zinn also wrote several plays with political themes, including a dramatic retelling of the life of anarchist Emma Goldman.
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