Propaganda for the Converted

October 28, 2005 - 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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Dramatis Personae

Director	Josh Cragun
Costume Designer	Andrea M Gross
Lighting Designer	Dennis D. Joslyn
Properties Designer	Katie Wigand
Scenic Designer	Josh Cragun
Young Comrade	Kari Hammer
Agitators	Brian O'Neal
Agitators	Julia Fairbanks
Assasin	Rachael Roberts
Chorus of the Devout	Jennifer Strassberg
Chorus of the Devout	Cassandra Cook
Chorus of the Devout	Rachael Roberts
Control Chorus	Nicole Anderson
Control Chorus	Julia Fairbanks
Control Chorus	Katherine Schuster
Control Chorus	Brian O'Neal
Technical Director	Kate Hanson
Light Board Operator	Liz Neerland