Inherit The Wind
April 26 – May 5
Inherit The Wind
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared imprecations and abuse. The spectators sat uneasily in the sweltering heat with murder in their hearts, barely able to restrain themselves. At stake was the freedom of every American. One of the most moving and meaningful plays of our generation.
“Bursting with vitality…Literature of the stage!” says the New York Times of this fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial (which resulted in a conviction of a high school teacher for presenting Darwin’s theory of evolution to a science class). According to Lawrence, “We used the teaching of evolution as a parable, a metaphor for any kind of mind control[...] It’s not about science versus religion. It’s about the right to think.”
April 26- May 5
Fridays, Saturdays 8pm; Sundays, 2pm; Thursday, 4pm
Performance Lab D-10, Palomar College, San Marcos campus
$12 General, $10 Seniors and Staff, $8 Students
COFFEE TALK
May 3rd, 6-6:50pm Room D-5
Evolution and the Freedom to Think: Science, Religion, Education and Public Policy
Panelists: Chris Sinnott (faculty, Theatre & moderator), John Polak (faculty, Theatre & director), William Leslie (faculty, Philosophy), TBA (faculty, Earth Sciences), TBA (faculty, Religious Studies)