BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.6//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11-16039@theatre.colostate.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20210422T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20210422T213000 DTSTAMP:20241015T154921Z URL:https://theatre.colostate.edu/events/on-the-brink-reading-series-solo- series-mary-magdalene-smokes-a-joint-by-ben-jolivet/ SUMMARY:ON THE BRINK Reading Series: Mary Magdalene Smokes a Joint by Ben J olivet DESCRIPTION:Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series\nCurated by Professor S affron Henke\n\nWhat have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artis ts respond to this moment?\n\nThese are multifaceted times we are facing\, not just in terms of the political\, social and cultural upheavals that 2 020 brought upon us\, but also the challenges the pandemic has brought to live performance as well. In response\, this Spring\, the Colorado State U niversity Theatre Department will begin a series of readings of new works addressing the hot topic themes of our times – issues that have pushed o ur culture to the brink...and that reveal whole new worlds of possibilitie s. A collaboration of professional theatre artists\, faculty members\, cur rent students and CSU alumni\, On the Brink will explore works representin g a variety of underrepresented voices and perspectives.\n\n7:30-9 p.m. Re ading\n9 p.m. Facilitated post-reading discussion\n\nMary Magdalene Smokes a Joint by Ben Jolivet\nPerformed by faculty member\, Saffron Henke\n\nMa ry Magdalene gives voice to the loves and losses\, to the miracles and the exorcisms of her time on earth and reframes and re-centers her role in th e greatest story ever told. With wit\, warmth\, and wisdom\, Mary guides u s through her world and the experience of being a woman with a voice in a world made for men—along the way\, discovering herself what she can do w ith it. Who is teacher and who is student? Who gets to lead? And what trul y does one see when looking into the face of G*d? Both eulogy and celebrat ion\, Mary Magdalene Smokes a Joint puts the world’s most misunderstood of women back at the heart of her own story.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theatre.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads /sites/11/2021/01/2021.01.22_OnTheBrinkReadingSeries_Screen.jpg CATEGORIES:College of Liberal Arts Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR