On May 17th, 1968, two Catholic priests, and seven Catholic activists including a nurse, a nun, an artist and four others all walked into the selective service office Local Board 33, located in the Knights of Columbus building in Catonsville, Maryland, grabbed hundreds of 1-A draft files and burned them with homemade napalm in protest against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The publicity and news coverage from the ensuing trial was instrumental in galvanizing the American anti-war movement. The Actors' Gang presents The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Daniel Berrigan's free-verse dramatization based on the actual records of the trial in which he and eight other defendants were convicted. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine opens on Saturday, February 14 with performances continuing through March 21. Low-priced previews begin February 5.
WHO: CCBC - Catonsville Theatre Department WHAT: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine WHEN: Through November 18. Fri at 10AM and 8PM, Sat ay 8PM, Sun at 3PM. WHERE: CCBC - Catonsville Q Theatre HOW MUCH: $7 General/$5 Seniors/$2 Students, Faculty, staff of CCBC INFORMATION: www.ccbcmd.edu or 410-780-6361
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Martin Sheen and Tim Robbins head an all-star cast that includes Beau Bridges, Mike Farrell, Camryn Manheim and Sandra Oh in a benefit reading of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan, directed by Gordon Davidson
