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CATEGORIES: SPECIAL OCCASION;TRAVEL;APPOINTMENT
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SUMMARY:Staged Reading of Total War by Ian Thal
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Staged Reading of Total War by Ian Thal=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/43061=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2009-04-26=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2009-04-26=0D=0A=0D=0AIan Thal presents a staged reading of his play, 'Total War' which was recently named a semi-finalist in the 2009 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition.  'Total War' is a five-act play set at a Catholic university where the student newspaper has published a Holocaust denial advertisement. While faculty and staff attempt to show solidarity with the small Jewish community on campus, an anarchist-cell using the nom-de-guerre of 'Total War' begins a campaign of guerrilla art attacks before a predictable dialogue on free speech and religious pluralism can begin.  Though a work of fiction, Total War was inspired by events Thal witnessed while attending graduate school, exploring the history (and potential futures) of Jewish-Catholic relations, historical memory, and the conflict between grass-roots activism and institutional power. It is a story made timely after the scandal surrounding Vatican's recent lifting of the excommunication of the anti-Semitic Society of Saint Pius X and its Holocaust-denying Bishop, Richard Williamson.   The reading will feature the talents of local actors including: Dale Appel, Anika M. Colvin-Hannibal, John M. Costa, Anthony DiBartolomeo, Mikey DiLoreto, Lou Fuoco, Kate Heffernan, Andrew Hicks, Lesley Moreau, Krystle Spoon, and Tom Sprague.  The staged reading is for an audience to experience a stripped-down version of a work-in-progress and participate in a talk-back.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:8:00pm
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