Sophistry
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 5, 2009
Closed May 29, 2009
Opened May 5, 2009
Closed May 29, 2009
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Sophistry is a riveting and provocative play that explores the subjective nature of truth within sexual relationships. Set at a small New England college, the calm campus waters turn troubled when a beloved Philosophy professor is accused of seducing a male student. Conflicting memories leave everyone in doubt as to what actually transpired, but the self-absorbed students soon move on to sorting out their own romantic longings and sexual obsessions in this contemporary, shocking and funny coming-of-age tale.
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Towards the end of Sophistry, Jonathan Marc Sherman's drama now being given a well-acted revival at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, the playwright's true intentions come into focus. Sorry to say, it's a little late. Worse still, the tardiness is something that could and should have been fixed by now, even if Sherman (or original director Nicholas Martin) didn't realize it when the work was first presented at Playwrights Horizons in 1993, where the cast included such stars-to-be as Calista Flockhart, Ethan Hawke, and Anthony Rapp.
The play, set in a New England college in 1990, initially revolves around the accusation of a Thanksgiving night sexual assault made by inebriated lay-about student Ja[...]