Symposium Series
Immediately following each Sunday matinee, we will invite the audience to stay for a discussion centered around a particular question raised by the performance. Each Sunday will feature different community guests who offer distinct perspectives. Below is the current schedule for the An Enemy of the People Symposium Series (some dates still subject to change):
Admission to the Symposium Series is free, but it is recommended that attendees have seen the production in order to fully appreciate and participate in the discussion.
Sunday, March 6th: How can we balance economic and environmental concerns?
Working as both a government regulator and a private sector consultant, Jaime Julian Wagner has seen both sides of environmental issues throughout her nearly 15-year career. For the last 7 years, she’s been assessing risk from the inhalation of toxic air pollutants for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. Jaime earned a degree in atmospheric science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Sunday, March 13th: How do the debates of the past give context to current issues?
This discussion will feature our production’s director Jason Fleece, dramaturg Zev Valancy and Stage Left’s Artistic Director Vance Smith for a behind the scenes look at the reasons we choose to produce this classic script.
Sunday, March 20th: Does the current tone of political discourse serve to divide us? If so, how can we avoid that?
Megan Sholar is a doctoral candidate in political science at Loyola University Chicago. She is currently researching parental leave policies in Canada and the United States, and she teaches undergraduate courses in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Women in Politics at Loyola University Chicago and DePaul University.
Sunday, March 28th: What is the responsibility of the media to the public?
Jessica Rudis is a hyper-local journalist covering Evanston for AOL/Patch (soon to be the Huffington Post Media Group). She has a BA in political science and communications from Simmons College in Boston and a Master’s in journalism from Columbia University in New York. Before coming to Patch, she worked as a local correspondent for the Boston Globe.
