Show: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
Theater: Chapel Street Players
Theater Website: https://chapelstreetplayers.org/trouble-in-mind/
Show runs: 02/12/2027 to 12/20/2027
written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger
A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy – an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John’s essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus “essence”. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published – while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play – based on John D’Agata and Jim Fingal’s book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).
Feb 12 @ 8pm Feb 13 @ 8pm Feb 14 @ 2pm
Feb 18 @ 8pm Feb 19 @ 8pm Feb 20 @ 2pm
Feb 20 @ 8pm
The running time is approximately 1 hours and 40 minutes with intermission.
Theater Address: 643 Creek View Rd Newark, Delaware 19711 (Map It)
Theater Phone: (302) 368-2248
Price: $22/$20/$12
Purchase tickets online: https://chapelstreet.booktix.com/dept/Boxoffice/e/2627Life
