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American Dreams By Studs Terkel: Adapted for the stage by Peter Frisch

7:30pm
  • The Studio Theatre
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Drawn from Mr. Terkel’s bestselling book AMERICAN DREAMS: LOST AND FOUND, this absorbing and genuinely affecting theatre piece (as adapted by Peter Frisch) creates an overview of the American experience in our time through the voices of real Americans.

Though grounded in narratives from the 1970s, this mosaic of monologues gives voice to timeless themes about the American experience that continue to resonate today. The subjects range from the rich and famous to the obscure and lowly, from hard-bitten cynics to hopeful optimists, weaving an evocative tapestry out of the simple truths and cogent observations that emerge when people speak their minds with honesty and candor.

Taken together, the various segments blend into a moving theatrical experience that is revealing, often funny, frequently moving, and sometimes disturbing—but that always speak from and to the heart of this great and singular nation in all its richness and diversity.

Viewer discretion advised: may contain mature subject matter and language.

NOTE: AMERICAN DREAMS replaces the event FOOD FOR THOUGHT, which has been postponed indefinitely.