Based on a True Story
http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/64020
BY Will Sloan
July 04, 2009
Despite its gimmicky title, Charles Manson & Timothy Leary is a
provocative if unsubtle dramatization of an allegedly real-life
meeting between the two men, who were in neighbouring prison cells in
a suspicious coincidence. Leary, the self-styled mascot of '60s,
counterculture is forced to confront the man who brought his utopian
vision for society to a screeching halt, and both he and the audience
are left with a troubling realization: isn't the Manson family a
logical extension of Leary's free-spirited philosophy? Peter McLaren
is highly charismatic as Manson, and Rick Jon Egan is strong if
sometimes too "gee whiz" in delivery.
Play details & schedule:
by Peter McLaren
presented by Attention Theatre from Ottawa, ON
1973, Folsom Prison. Timothy Leary, famous psychedelic professor and
pseudo-philosopher, is sealed away in solitary confinement. It isn't
long before he is locked in conversation with America's most
notorious murderer. Based on an actual meeting between the two, how
could a freewheeling idealist like Leary possibly be the same after
encountering a man the world considers to be a monster?
Director: Jenny Salisbury
Cast: Rick Jonegan, Peter McLaren
Audience: Mature Audience
Warning: Mature Content, Language
60 min.
Venue 7: Tarragon Theatre Mainspace
Fri, July 3 8:45 PM
Sat, July 4 1:45 PM
Sun, July 5 3:00 PM
Mon, July 6 10:15 PM
Wed, July 8 5:45 PM
Sat, July 11 12:30 PM
Sun, July 12 7:30 PM
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