Protest at MuCCC

“Protest” was written in 1978 by the Czech playwright who would later become the first president of post-communist Czechoslovakia. The drama focuses on Vank, a dissident writer just out of prison, and Stank, a former collaborator who has achieved success through aligning with the regime in power. Vank needs Stank's support on an upcoming protest, and the play explores the complexity of acquiescence and culpability. "Protest" serves as both a historical document of resistance and a contemporary warning about the dangers of political conformity.

As current citizens of the United States face questions about the nature of facts, power, and individual responsibility, so this staging of this Fringe production will be set in the near future in America.