'The American Revolution' by Kirk Wood Bromley
'The American Revolution' by Kirk Wood Bromley
"Kirk Wood Bromley - The beloved bard of downtown theater." The New Yorker
A free staged reading. One night only.
Forget the version with the powdered wigs and the dignified hush. This one has a mad king crooning into a golden microphone, Hessians who sing for their supper, a spy and a beauty falling for each other across enemy lines, and a hero who turns traitor and bolts for the river. A crowd drags a king off his pedestal and not one but two tarring and featherings. And running underneath all of it, the question the founding never answered: whose revolution was this, and who got written out of it.
Bromley writes it in muscular iambic pentameter, modern Shakespeare with the volume up. Verse that sounds like a bar fight and a philosophy lecture at the same time. Fast, funny, devastating. A company of actors, a snare drum, and a trumpet carry the whole war from the Boston Massacre to the peace.
Presented by Social Animal Theater, three weeks after the country marks its 250th year. Playwright Kirk Wood Bromley will be in the room.
"I intend to stage the American Revolution, and if you will take the lead, I hope to have a hit." - John Adams
Admission is free. Seating is limited. Reserve your spot below.
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