Porte Parole (Canada)
Porte Parole (Canada)
Please Note: The Visiting Artist Series at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is postponing Porte Parole’s “The Assembly” until the 2020-21 season. This is a work of documentary theatre that speaks to contemporary issues and will provide a valuable perspective for important conversations when presented next season.
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Pioneering Montreal theater company Porte Parole uses research to create plays about complex topics including water usage rights, power utilities and police brutality. The 2016 American presidential election inspired Porte Parole to consider what may sound like a terrifying scenario: a dinner party with four strangers of divergent political persuasions. The Assembly draws from these real-life conversations of participants from the University of Maryland community.