Of Government
Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
BUY TICKETS$8 general public; $5 senior citizens, Wesleyan students/faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students, and youth under 18.
Friday, November 8, 2024 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
$8 general public; $5 senior citizens, Wesleyan students/faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students, and youth under 18.
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
$8 general public; $5 senior citizens, Wesleyan students/faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students, and youth under 18.
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
$8 general public; $5 senior citizens, Wesleyan students/faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students, and youth under 18.
Of Government (2017) by Agnes Borinsky is a wild, unpredictable, hopeful play about theater and making society. The work holds space for contemplation of civic duty and possibility as forms of community and care. Guided by a host of oddball characters–including Barb the Teacher, Deb the Seeker, Heidi the Helper, and Tawny the Addict–this musical pageant set in small-town Montana features a pastiche of scenes that border on the absurd, all driving towards the question “What is government?” One answer can be found in the framing of the show, which is a community gathering as much as it is a play: government is about us figuring out how we’re all going to be together. Light refreshments will be provided.
Agnes Borinsky (she/they) is a writer, performer, and theater-maker based in Los Angeles. She is interested in the unintended transformations that become possible when the things we’ve planned fail. Her projects include many plays, including "The Trees," "A Song of Songs," and "Ding Dong It’s the Ocean," the experiments in participation "Working Group for a New Spirit" and "Weird Classrooms," and the fiction novel "Sasha Masha." She has made work in collaboration with theater institutions such as Playwrights Horizons, The Bushwick Starr, and Clubbed Thumb, and outside of them in basements, backyards, circus tents, community centers, and online.
The Wesleyan Theater Department production will be directed by Katie Pearl, Assistant Professor of Theater.This event is part of “Democracy 2024” at Wesleyan. Learn more about how the University is fostering the democratic values and practices that make free inquiry and teaching possible at www.wesleyan.edu/d2024.