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Date(s) - 08/21/2021
7:30 pm - 9:15 pm
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Beatniks On Conkey
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Hammond Community Theatre presents “Denial”, a drama by Peter Sagal: Directed by Wayne Puchkors.
Lawyer Abigail Gersten is brilliant, Jewish, and a First Amendment absolutist. Professor Bernard Cooper is courtly, polite and dedicated to convincing the world that the Holocaust was a Jewish hoax. When the government prosecutes him, he turns to Abby for help.
Offended by censorship in any form, she takes the case, but gets quickly drawn into a moral quagmire. Opposing her is an idealistic prosecutor and a venerable Holocaust survivor who call her loyalties into question and make her confront the differences between what is legal and what is right.
The conflict that ensues concerns issues of history, memory, free speech, and how the stories we tell about ourselves determine who we are.
Offended by censorship in any form, she takes the case, but gets quickly drawn into a moral quagmire. Opposing her is an idealistic prosecutor and a venerable Holocaust survivor who call her loyalties into question and make her confront the differences between what is legal and what is right.
The conflict that ensues concerns issues of history, memory, free speech, and how the stories we tell about ourselves determine who we are.
“This drama is practically radioactive with relevance. The issues in this case are so loaded that they are guaranteed to push emotional buttons in anyone who sees [it]. And Mr. Sagal is to be admired for offering no easy answers. There is unquestionably the stuff of great drama in Denial.” – (New York Times)
Friday, August 13, 2021 at 7:30PM
Saturday, August 14 at 7:30PM
Sunday, August 15 at 2:00PM
Friday, August 20 at 7:30PM
Saturday, August 21 at 7:30PM
Sunday, August 22 at 2:00PM
Cast of Characters:
Abigail Gersten ….Kristin Duncan
Stefanie………… Jena Bellezza
Bernard Cooper…… Dean Johansen
Adam Ryberg………..Scott Fimoff
Noah Gomrowitz……….Jason Horn
Nathan…………..Jerry Golvidis
$18, cash only at the door, or buy tickets in advance online at:
Seating is limited. Reservations strongly suggested.
Performances at Beatniks On Conkey
420 Conkey St. Hammond, IN (2 blocks east of Hohman Avenue).
call 219-852-0848 for more information
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