Tribe.net. Local Connections Ian http://jewswithedge.tribe.net/thread/b6543be8-3227-46b1-a346-baa933350bd5#3ebb56d4-221e-497d-8531-0cdb2484d1d5 2009-10-06T15:35:30Z 2009-10-06T15:35:30Z

October 11th,8pm: Outpost 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2009/09/october-11th-staged-reading-of-total.html Last time Ian Thal staged a reading of his play, Total War, at Cambridge’s Outpost 186, the event was picketed by a lone protester with several signs and placards who accosted both audience and actors as they arrived. Despite the provocations, which included a number of anti-Semitic chants, Thal regarded the evening a success, as it allowed him the opportunity to present a stripped down reading of the play and make plans for a rewrite of a play that had already been named a semi-finalist in the 2009 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition. Total War is a five-act play set at a Catholic university where the student newspaper has published a Holocaust denial advertisement. Before faculty, students, and staff can begin the expected dialogue on free speech and religious pluralism, an anarchist-cell using the nom de guerre of “Total War” begins a campaign of guerrilla art attacks.

Ian 2009-10-06T15:35:30Z Ian http://jewswithedge.tribe.net/thread/b6543be8-3227-46b1-a346-baa933350bd5#43a9b94e-4ad2-4f8c-9167-0619cef97c81 2009-05-28T11:16:30Z 2009-05-28T11:16:30Z

Thanks, Skylar. That would be at: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2009/04/staged-reading-and-what-i-learned.html I'm in rewrites right now and they seem to be going quite well-- so it was a great part of the process!

Ian 2009-05-28T11:16:30Z ☂Skylar http://jewswithedge.tribe.net/thread/b6543be8-3227-46b1-a346-baa933350bd5#7bbe579f-10fc-4695-bf20-f818ad493f49 2009-05-27T16:25:14Z 2009-05-27T16:25:14Z

How extraordinarily interesting! I'll next take a look at what you learned through the reading itself. I wish you great success with your endeavor. : )

☂Skylar 2009-05-27T16:25:14Z Ian http://jewswithedge.tribe.net/thread/b6543be8-3227-46b1-a346-baa933350bd5#1748e240-c683-4018-a2b6-21f6e7c85484 2009-04-28T00:46:39Z 2009-04-28T00:46:39Z

http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2009/04/total-war-picketed-in-cambridge.html

Ian 2009-04-28T00:46:39Z Ian http://jewswithedge.tribe.net/thread/b6543be8-3227-46b1-a346-baa933350bd5#6aced532-e5df-4b18-8942-294415d01c48 2009-04-27T06:25:27Z 2009-04-27T06:25:27Z

The play was actually picketed, by a guy wrapped in a Palestinian flag! The play doesn't even deal with the Middle East conflict!

Ian 2009-04-27T06:25:27Z Ian http://jewswithedge.tribe.net/thread/b6543be8-3227-46b1-a346-baa933350bd5#3fd0ab9b-ae49-49ff-bad2-67357b35c427 2009-04-17T19:04:04Z 2009-04-17T19:04:04Z

April 26th @ 8pm Ian Thal hosts a staged reading of his play, "Total War", at Cambridge's Outpost 186. "Total War" is a five-act play set at a Catholic university where the student newspaper has published a Holocaust denial advertisement. While faculty and staff attempt to show solidarity with the small Jewish community on campus, an anarchist-cell using the nom-de-guerre of “Total War” begins a campaign of guerrilla art attacks before a predictable dialogue on free speech and religious pluralism can begin. "Total War" was recently named a semi-finalist in the 2009 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition. The reading is an opportunity both for the author to develop the play through listening and for an audience to experience a stripped-down version of a work-in-progress. A talk-back will follow the reading. Outpost 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-26th-staged-reading-of-total-war.html

Ian 2009-04-17T19:04:04Z