Propaganda for the Converted
Minneapolis Theatre Garage
711 West Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis
October 28 - November 20, 2005
The actions of men are a melange of good and evil, of duty and desire, need, drive, and ruthless determination. Knowing this, and seeing that workers are on the verge of revolution, three agitators enter a foreign country to sow the seeds of dissent. Caught in the center of the rebellion is a young woman torn between faithfulness to her cause and compassion for her people.
Propaganda for the Converted, by Philadelphia poet and playwright David Spolum, is a collision orchestrated from Bertolt Brecht's The Measures Taken and T.S. Elliot's The Rock: A Pageant Play. This dramatic fusion pits the opposing belief structures of Communism and Christianity against each other. The result is a uniquely engaging tragedy that examines the role of the individual within society and the subjugation of personal desire to powerful ideologies. As the play's disparate worlds collide the fourth wall breaks apart, forcing the audience to come to terms with their own beliefs about the action on stage and the world beyond it.
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Reviews of Propaganda for the Converted:
- City Pages: Spotlight: Propaganda for the Converted, by Quinton Skinner
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Dramatis Personae
| Written by: | David Brent Spolum |
| Director: | Josh Cragun |
| Costume Designer: | Andrea Gross |
| Lighting Designer: | Dennis D. Joslyn |
| Properties Designer: | Katie Wigand |
| Scenic Designer: | Josh Cragun |
| Young Comrade: | Kari Hammer |
| Dramaturg: | Robert Larson |
| Agitators: | Julia Fairbanks, Brian O'Neal |
| Assasin: | Rachael Roberts |
| Accolyte: | Samantha Kissinger |
| Chorus of the Devout: | Rachael Roberts, Samantha Kissinger, Cassandra Cook, Jennifer Strassberg |
| Control Chorus: | Nicole Anderson, Katherine Schuster, Julia Fairbanks, Brian O'Neal |
| Technical Director: | Kate Hanson |
| Set Crew: | Mike Cochran, David Nunez, David Flannery |
| Light Board Operator: | Liz Neerland |
| Graphic Designer: | Ted Olsen |
| Speartips designed and fabricated by: | John Egly-Russell |