Tag: Joseph Discher

PlayMakers Rep Presents Two Distinct "Slices" of the Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht

“Die Religion … ist das Opium des Volkes (Religion is the opiate of the people)” — Karl Marx (1818-83) — Cutting to the chase, PlayMakers Repertory Company’s current offering, Life of Galileo, is definitely worth seeing. PRC producing artistic director Vivienne Benesch directs Joseph Discher’s adaptation of Marxist East German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s 1943 play,… Read More ›