Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

Presented By

TimeLine Theatre Company

Location

DePaul University Cortelyou Commons

2324 N. Fremont Street
Chicago,60614+ Google Map

Following critically acclaimed runs in New York City and London, TimeLine will create a site-specific, immersive Chicago premiere of the american vicarious’ imagining of the historic debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr., on the occasion of the event’s 60^th anniversary.

“Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?” This was the topic on February 18, 1965 when an overflow crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to bear witness to a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America’s most influential conservative intellectual. The stage was set for an epic confrontation that pitted Baldwin’s call for a moral revolution in race relations against Buckley’s unabashed elitism and implicit commitment to white supremacy. This historic clash reveals the deep roots and lasting legacy of racial conflict that continues to haunt America.

Adapted and directed by Christopher McElroen and presented in partnership with The Theatre School at DePaul University and the american vicarious.

Theatre Week Performances:

Thursday, February 6 – 7:30pm
Friday, February 7 – 7:30pm
Saturday, February 8 – 4:00pm and 8:00pm
Sunday, February 9 – 2:00pm
Wednesday, February 12 – 7:30pm
Thursday, February 13 – 7:30pm
Friday, February 14 – 7:30pm
Saturday, February 15 – 4:00pm and 8:00pm
Sunday, February 16 – 2:00pm

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