Name of the Play: Citizen Josh
Name of the Theatre Group: Quixotic Projects (USA)
Direction: David Dower
Playwright: Josh Kornbluth
Duration: 75 minutes
Synopsis
In 1980, Josh met every requirement to graduate from Princeton except one — he didn’t do his “senior thesis.” Now, over a quarter-century later, he tracks down his old advisor, a brilliant political theorist named Sheldon Wolin. Josh asks Wolin to help him complete his long-overdue thesis, on the subject of democracy. Josh’s explorations of political theory soon bring him into the “real” political world — as he finds himself at the centre of a number of grassroots protests involving his local playground, state education funding, and even global warming. Including a pivotal encounter with former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore, this tale blends recent electoral history with stories from the Civil Rights movement and academia.
This comic monologue, like his other productions, has received critical acclaim in the U.S.A.
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