{"id":7151,"date":"2016-11-16T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/?p=7151"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:34","slug":"senior-company-2017-presents-the-totalitarians-122-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/2016\/11\/16\/senior-company-2017-presents-the-totalitarians-122-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Company 2017 presents THE TOTALITARIANS (12\/2-4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A comic look at hypocrisy and a culture of politic<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/11\/TotalitariansPosterFinalforweb.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7153\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/11\/TotalitariansPosterFinalforweb-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"totalitariansposterfinalforweb\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/11\/TotalitariansPosterFinalforweb-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/11\/TotalitariansPosterFinalforweb.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>al infighting, and how\u00a0we might be on the brink of revolution in Nebraska. Peter Sinn Nachtrieb&#8217;s play follows Penny, a former roller derby star and compulsively watchable candidate for state office, who enlists the help of silver tongued operative Francine to manage her political ambitions. Penny\u2019s nefarious plans for the Cornhusker State are revealed via Francine&#8217;s doctor husband, Jeffrey, who it turns out, is lying to his dying patients.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Totalitarians<\/em> is a raucous dark comedy about the state of modern political discourse, modern relationships, and how easy it is to believe truths without facts.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LPAC Frear Ensemble Theater<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Dec 2 @ 8PM<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Dec 3 @ 2PM and 8PM<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Dec 4 @ 2PM<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more updated info, find us on Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/180420805752981\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/180420805752981\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE TOTALITARIANS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comic look at hypocrisy and a culture of political infighting, and how\u00a0we might be on the brink of revolution in Nebraska. Peter Sinn Nachtrieb&#8217;s play follows Penny, a former roller derby star and compulsively watchable candidate for state office, who enlists the help of silver tongued operative Francine to manage her political ambitions. Penny\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7156,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151\/revisions\/7156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}