Thesis Theater Production: Heroes of the Fourth Turning

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater

FREE! Tickets required. For Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff only.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater

FREE! Tickets required. For Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff only.

Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater

FREE! Tickets required. For Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff only.

Amidst rapidly increasing national polarization, four young conservatives have gathered to celebrate their mentor, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious battle to be understood. By harnessing the empathetic nature of theatrical storytelling, Heroes of the Fourth Turning (2019) creates opportunities for audiences to hold space for competing beliefs and listen to those for whom they may have the impulse to block out.

Written by Will Arbery, this thesis theater production will be directed by Anna Buchmueller ’22.

Content warning: This play is a conversation. The content of the conversation includes discriminatory remarks, including homophobia, transphobia, and racism; discussion of abortion, the Holocaust, and violence against oneself and others; and mentions of rape. The show also contains gunshots (hunting), vomiting, and the consumption of alcohol.