THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING TICKET INFORMATION
ALL TICKETS ARE $15 EACH
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PUBLIC LAB
The annual series of new plays that lets you see more of the work you love from The Public in stripped-down productions.
PUBLIC LAB SPEAKER SERIES: Please join us for the Public LAB Speaker Series which will consist of engaging post-show conversations with the artists and notable panelists.
Why Voting Doesn’t Matter: Politics in Contemporary American Life
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A panel moderated by Dr. Andrew Gelman (Professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University) featuring Charles M. Blow (visual Op-Ed Columnist of The New York Times), Maurice Carroll (Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute), and Eugene Kiely (Philadelphia Director of FactCheck.org).
Plays and Politics: A conversation with Richard Nelson
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Jeremy McCarter, Director of Public Forum, talks with writer/director Richard Nelson about theater and the state of our American democracy.
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Public LAB - THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING
"An intelligent discussion of current affairs... Mr. Nelson covers an expansive array of political commentary... THE CAST IS FIRST RATE" - Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
"The play will stand the test of time" - David Finkle, Theatermania
THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING (World Premiere)
Written and Directed by Richard Nelson
October 26 – November 14
ALL TICKETS ARE JUST $15 EACH!
“A year later, I gotta ask the supporters of all that: How's that hopey
changey thing workin’ for ya?” —Sarah Palin, February 6, 2010.
Election day, November 2, 2010. Uncle Benjamin’s dog has died and
his nieces and nephew have gathered for dinner in Rhinebeck, New York,
to surprise him with a new one. While the polls close, the Apple family discusses memory, manners, and politics.
Richard Nelson (Conversations in Tusculum at The Public, James Joyce’s
The Dead) returns to The Public with a timely new play that examines
the state of the nation at this pivotal moment in our history.
The cast features Jon DeVries (National Tour August: Osage County), Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma), Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett (Me and My Girl), Laila Robins (Midsummer Night's DreamThe Merchant of Venice at The Public), Jay O. Sanders (Twelfth Night, Hamlet and more at The Public), and Tony Nominee J. Smith-Cameron (Our Country's Good and HBO's True Blood).