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Yesterday we had a staged reading of By Committee by Brendan Pelsue and directed by Leora Morris.
“By Committee mines archival research into real Seattle history to tell the fictional story of a psychologist in the early 1960s reckoning with an impossible task: go to people’s homes, administer Rorschach blot exams and IQ tests, and then turn her findings over to a secret group of some of the city’s most well-connected citizens, which will decide which of these people is “worth” lifesaving dialysis treatment. A collaboration between playwright Brendan Pelsue and Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing at the University of British Columbia Leora Morris, the play asks important questions about democracy, power, and how we imagine and value the lives of our fellow human beings.”
We had a wonderful time with this team, and cannot wait to see where the play goes next!
“By Committee mines archival research into real Seattle history to tell the fictional story of a psychologist in the early 1960s reckoning with an impossible task: go to people’s homes, administer Rorschach blot exams and IQ tests, and then turn her findings over to a secret group of some of the city’s most well-connected citizens, which will decide which of these people is “worth” lifesaving dialysis treatment. A collaboration between playwright Brendan Pelsue and Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing at the University of British Columbia Leora Morris, the play asks important questions about democracy, power, and how we imagine and value the lives of our fellow human beings.”
We had a wonderful time with this team, and cannot wait to see where the play goes next!
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