Arguendo, play based on 1991 Supreme Court case, at Philly’s Live Arts Festival
August 23rd, 2012
This year’s Philadelphia Live Arts Festival includes a production of a work in progress, Arguendo. Produced by New York theater company, Elevator Repair Service, the play dramatizes the oral arguments in Barnes v. Glen Theatre 501 U.S. 560, a 1991 Supreme Court case about whether a state ban on public nudity violated the freedom of expression of exotic dancers at two strip clubs. There’s a good article about an earlier New York production of the play in The Paris Review. Arguendo will be performed Sunday, September 16 at 1:00 PM at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
Supreme Court photo from Wikimedia Commons
