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The inSecurity Blanket
National Security vs. Individual Freedom
Presented March 6 — 30, 2008
Are your rights covered or smothered?
The second edition of Remy Bumppo’s thinkTank explores the tension between national security and individual freedom. thinkTank features dramatic works with a focus on provoking timely conversation about a social, political or economic issue in which Chicago citizens have a stake.
This year, thinkTank was staged as a festival with three theatre companies and a solo performer contributing a mix of classic and new work.
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Remy Bumppo presents
One for the Road
by Harold Pinter
Directed by Edward Sobel
Three members of a family are detained unjustly and interrogated by a mysterious government official. Starring Donald Brearley, Jennifer Coombs, Joe Dempsey, and Matthew Levy
Catastrophe
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Edward Sobel
Catastrophe explores absolute power in a theater, in which an autocratic director attempts to wield complete control over his actor. Starring Donald Brearley, Jennifer Coombs, and Joe Dempsey
Two Sides of Suicide
by Gitanjali Kapila
Directed by Lavina Jadhwani
A South Asian activist lawyer and her brother debate the wisdom of her decision to dress up as a suicide bomber on Halloween. Starring Danny Bernardo and Fawzia Mirza
Terror Act
by Cassandra Lewis
Directed by Lavina Jadhwani
An actor is detained in an airport and interrogated about his role in a film that questions detainment practices at Guantanamo. Starring Anita Chandwaney and Andy Nagraj
Freedom, NY
by Jennifer Barclay
Directed by Joe Minoso
An allegory of Mexican and American border relations in which the residents of a small town must weigh the worth of confining themselves to their side of the fence. Starring Desmin Borges, Rae Gray, and Rosemary Newton
Usman Ally presents:
Public Enemy
Written and performed by Usman Ally
Solo performer Usman Ally uses slam poetry, dance, beat boxing and music to tell the story of one young man living his life in today's America - as a Muslim, Pakistani and Hip Hop Head.
Remy Bumppo’s thinkTank 08 was sponsoredin part by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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