Conscience

DATES Sept. 25th - Oct. 13th

RUN TIME Approximately 2 hours 15 minutes, including 1 intermission

PRICE $20 - $73

PLAYWRIGHT Joe DiPietro

Conscience

Conscience takes us back to a time when Maine senators were the heart of the United States Senate. This is the story of Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a trailblazer of Maine and national politics whose story is gripping, real, and critical to the Maine cultural identity. This play is a deep look into her gripping political rivalry with Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy. As the two begin to form a tense friendship that becomes an unlikely alliance, Senator Smith must choose between her political success, (including a potential Vice Presidential nomination), and her own conscience, culminating in the delivery of a potentially disastrous speech turned historic on the Senate floor, her Declaration of Conscience.

Tickets on Sale Aug. 13, 2024

Industry Night
  • Wed, Oct 2, 7:30pm
On Sale 12noon day of show, in person.
Pay-What-You Can
  • Wed, Sep 25, 7:30pm
  • Sat, Oct 05, 8:00pm
  • Thu, Oct 10, 2:00pm
On Sale 12noon day of show, in person.
Discussions
  • Script Club
    Sat, Sep 14, 1:30-2:30pm
  • Artistic Perspective
    Sun, Sep 29, Post Show
  • Curtain Call
    Sun, Oct 6. Post Show

Joe DiPietro - Won two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Joe is presently at work on Sinatra (Universal Music Group Theatrical and Frank Sinatra Enterprises) premiering at The UK’s Birmingham Rep in Aug ‘23, Babbitt (starring Matthew Broderick) opening at The La Jolla Playhouse in Fall ’23, F*cking Men opening at London’s Waterloo East Theatre in Spring ’23, and Obsessed, The Story of Diane Warren...So Far. Broadway: Diana, Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony nominations include Best Musical & Best Book; Drama Desk Award - Best Book), Memphis (Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score) All Shook Up, Living on Love. Off-Broadway: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Clever Little Lies, The Toxic Avenger, The Thing About Men, Over the River and Through the Woods and the record-breaking I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Recent regional credits include The Second Mrs. Wilson (Long Wharf Theatre and George Street Playhouse,) Fucking Men (London's longest running fringe show), Chasing the Song, the epic play Hollywood.

Margaret Chase Smith tba

Senator Joe McCarthy tba

William Lewis, Jr. tba

Jean Kerr tba

* Member, Actors' Equity Association

** Member, United Scenic Artists