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SUMMARY:The Play's The Thing: The Role of Theatre in our Democracy From Col
 onial Times to Today
DESCRIPTION:From colonial pamphleteering to modern-day protest performance\
 , political theatre has shaped American democracy in ways that standard hi
 story books rarely capture. Drawing on decades of research alongside perso
 nal stories from a life spent on and around the stage\, this lecture uncov
 ers the hidden role theatre has played in shaping public opinion\, dissent
 \, and civic identity throughout U.S. history. Part scholarly revelation\,
  part memoir\, it offers a fresh lens on how performance has always been p
 olitical—and how it still is today.\n\nProfessor Joel D. Eis has taught 
 design and written dozens of articles on scenography and theatre history f
 or 50 years. He has produced over three hundred theatrical designs for pro
 fessional and academic theatre. Radicalized by the student strike at San F
 rancisco State University in 1968\, he devoted his career to producing the
 atre that mattered to people’s lives. In the process\, he earned an FBI 
 file as thick as a small city phone book. He is the author of a text on st
 agecraft\, three books on theatre history\, and a memoir of his own life i
 n progressive political theatre. \n\nThis lecture recording can be found o
 n the Available Recordings page approximately two business days after the 
 event and will remain accessible for three weeks.
LOCATION:2630 Memorial Union
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lectures.iastate.edu/event/plays-thing-role-theat
 re-our-democracy-colonial-times-today
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