Johnston, Cavanagh & Shepard Join 'Question of Impeachment'

Additional events and participants were also announced today for Culture Project's ambitious "A Question of Impeachment series," which will gather the world's foremost thinkers, scholars and activists to explore the real case for impeaching Bush and Cheney.

Newly announced participants include actors Kristen Johnston, Tom Cavanagh,  playwright  Sam Shepard, American poet Jorie Graham, New York-based band Mary Lee's Corvette, performer and playwright Rinde Eckert and journalist Laura Flanders.

The scheduled list of participants for "A Question of Impeachment" (subject to change) is as follows:

Sunday, November 18 at 8 p.m.

Opening Night with Phoebe Snow, Annabella Sciorra, Willie Garson, Julie Goldman, Rinde Eckert, Mary Lee's Corvette, Lewis Lapham, Laura Flanders and Jorie Graham.

Monday, November 19 at 7 p.m.

Impeachment Article 1: Initiation and Continuation of Illegal War with Bobby Cannavale, Kristen Johnston, Hendrik Hertzberg, Elizabeth de la Vega, Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright, Ray McGovern, David Swanson, Larry Everest and others.

Monday, November 26 at 7 p.m.

Impeachment Article 2: Torture and Extraordinary Rendition with Annabella Sciorra, Carol Gilligan, Michael Ratner, Bruce Fein, Tara McKelvey, Jonathan Hafetz, Amrit Singh and others.

Monday, December 3 at 7 p.m.

Impeachment Article 3: Criminal Negligence in the Gulf Coast with Laura Flanders, Bruce Fein, Jodie Markell, Judith Browne-Dianis, Geoffrey Nauffts, Bobby Cannavale and others.

Monday, December 10 at 7 p.m.

Impeachment Article 4: Warrantless Surveillance with Elizabeth Holtzman, Richard Valeriani, Commander Glenn Sulmasy, Joshua Dratel, Shayana Kadidal, Grace Zandarsky and others.

Sunday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Closing Night and Impeachment Article 5: The Expansion of Executive Powers with Naomi Wolf, Jackson Browne, Scott Horton, Sam Shepard, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, John Bonifaz, Marjorie Cohn, Rinde Eckert, Annabella Sciorra, David Lindorff and others.

Two film screenings have recently been added to the multidisciplinary series.  On Sunday, November 18 at 12:00 p.m., director Charles Ferguson will screen his celebrated documentary No End in Sight, a jaw-dropping film that chronicles the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy.  Ferguson will be on hand for a talk-back following the film.  On Sunday, December 2 at 12:00 p.m. will be a sneak-peek screening of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme's Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward, which chronicles the experiences of dozens of people caught in the middle of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Every Sunday and Monday beginning November 18 (through December 16), A Question of Impeachment will engage audiences in investigating crucial issues affecting all Americans, particularly as they prepare to elect a new leader, including expansion of executive powers, war, surveillance, torture and extraordinary rendition and government response to disaster.   Sundays will be focused on addressing the issues through film, theater and other art forms.  Mondays will tackle five articles of impeachment directly, through depositions modeled on actual impeachment hearings.

Tickets for all preview performances are priced at $20.  Tickets for all "A Question of Impeachment" events range from $7 to $50 and are available by calling 212-352-3101 or visiting www.cultureproject.org.