Palisades Charter High School’s winter production ‘An Adaptation of 1984: A Place Without Darkness’ opens December 1. Performances will run Saturdays and Sundays at 7 p.m. for the first two weekends in December in Mercer Hall, 15777 Bowdoin. Tickets are $10 at the box office. Drama teacher Monica Ianessa was inspired to write this play after a trip to New York with other dramatic arts/theater study professionals. They were discussing political issues such as the Patriot Act, terrorism, and the “random” searches done at airports, which led them to the subject of George Orwell’s novel “1984 In the play Winston lives in a futuristic society, Oceania, in which the government controls all of its citizens’ actions and thoughts. Winston wants to break free from this brainwashing system and tries to preserve the realities of the un-totalitarian past. This play serves as a window with a view of Winston’s journey. PaliHi drama students Zach Frank, Hannah Schatzle, Cameron Rayner, Spencer Strasmore, Bettina Yung and Sarah Palladino star in the production. For more information, contact: 454-0611, ext. 3830.
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