9/11/11: WELCOME TO OUR REVOLUTION: Testimony From Tahrir. Performance at Pittsburgh's Mattress Factory

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Written By L.M. Bogad

Sunset (7:38pm), September 11, 2011

In Winifred Lutz's "Garden" at the entrance to the Mattress Factory (www.mattress.org)$10 (Free for MF Members, CMU, PITT, and PPU students w/I.D.)WELCOME TO OUR REVOLUTION:  Testimony from TahrirIn this performance, Lawrence Bogad explores the Garden outside the Mattress Factory, guiding the audience though the tale of his five week journey through the streets of revolutionary Cairo. He navigates a torture-state in its death-throes, sees babies riding tanks, hears a rumor of “Zionist sharks,” and deciphers ancient Pharoanic hieroglyphic totalitarian propaganda. The piece will begin at dusk, with an ironic/symbolic ritual to Prevent the Sunset.BogadTahrirPerformance

L.M. Bogad

Bogad writes, performs, and strategizes with mischievous artists such as the Yes Men, Agit-Pop, and La Pocha Nostra. He is a veteran of the Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Laboratory, and a co-founder of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army.

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