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PHAEDRUS: A LOVE STORY
PLAY READING EXPLORES SOCRATES DIALOG
The Paradise Theatre School presents a reading of PHAEDRUS: A LOVE STORY by Peninsula College profession Wes Cecil. Ben Rezendes will read the role of Phaedrus and Erik Van Beuzekom will read the role of Socrates. This event is a fundraiser to help Ben Rezendes continue his acting studies in New York.
The play is based on the Socratic Dialog "Phaedrus" by Plato. The action
focuses on Socrates' attempt to explain the nature of Love and Truth to the
Phaedrus, a rather seductive young man. Both of their interrelated personal lives
become examples of, and impediments to, working out what both of them mean by love and expect of love. The action takes place primarily outside the walls of Athens.
Wes Cecil is a writer and teacher at Peninsula College who has focused on essays, novels and plays for the last several years. After receiving his PhD in English from Indiana University, he shifted from primarily academic writing to genres that allowed for more freedom of expression. He prefers to spend as much time as possible in either his garden or the Tyler Street Coffee House.
Cecil says about the project, This reading was made possible by the support of The Peninsula College Foundation and The Paradise Theater School. The Phaedrus is an exceptionally subtle dialog with many of the personal issues difficult to discern when reading the text. Further, the nature of the relationship between Socrates and Phaedrus needs to be understood to make many of the overt philosophical arguments comprehensible. After struggling with teaching this central philosophical text, I thought it would be helpful for students to be able to see a dramatization so they could see, understand and, most importantly, feel the issues being discussed. The performances will be videotaped so that the performance may be shown in philosophy classes in the future. I have tried to adhere very closely to the central themes and arguments of Plato's text but have made many changes to highlight certain ideas and clarify as much as possible the philosophical arguments Socrates is making.
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LocationThe Paradise Theatre School
161 Center Rd
Chimacum, WA 98325
United States
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