Man of the People
by Different Stages

Jan. 21
Tuesday

 

 A charlatan doctor rises to power by peddling a radical remedy in the days before medical regulation in the U.S. Man of the People explores the U.S. love affair with charlatans and their existence in the space between symptom and cause of public folly.

 

Different Stages presents a free reading of Man of the People by Dolores Díaz. Readers: Sue Breland, Tom Chamberlain, Annie Kim Hedrick, Gina Houston, Beau Paul, Adrian Villegas, Chuck Winkler.,

 

About Dolores Díaz

Dolores Díaz is a Chicana playwright whose recent productions include Zulema (Goodman Theatre), Sones de México in partnership with Chicago Park District, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, and the National Museum of Mexican Art; Black Sunday (TimeLine Theatre); and Man of the People (Stage Left Theater). Díaz is a resident at Chicago Dramatists and a Dramatists Guild Co-Representative for the Chicago Region. She has taught at various institutions including Texas Tech University, Columbia College, and Northwestern University and is a graduate of Northwestern University’s MFA program in Writing for the Stage and Screen. Visit https://doloresdiaz.com/theatre for more information about the playwright.

 

 

 

 

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Man of the People
by Dolores Diaz
Different Stages

Man of the People Reading

Tuesday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Trinity Street Playhouse, 901 Trinity St. First Baptist Church, 4th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701

 FREE

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