The Rhetoric of Certainty

Art and policy intersect again as the Minnesota Opera and the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs convene a public conversation inspired by the world premiere of Doubt.

Librettist John Patrick Shanley, Heather LaMarre of the Center for the Study of Political Psychology and moderator Graydon Royce, theater critic of the StarTribune, will explore the rhetoric and political implications of certainty and the natural human aversion to doubt, particularly in the context of the opera's setting (Vatican II and the Civil Rights movement) and the war in Iraq, the event which provided the playwright with his inspiration.

Join us at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, at the Rarig Center for this exciting conversation.

An RSVP is requested, however tickets will be available at the door as well.