(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Tony Award-winning actress Harriet Harris stars as real-world Senator Margaret Chase Smith opposite Lee Sellars as Senator Joseph McCarthy in the world-premiere of Tony-Award winner Joe Pietro’s new play Conscience, currently on stage at George Street Playhouse until March 29.
On June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood on the Senate floor and delivered her “Declaration of Conscience '' in a historic moment of political courage. This sharply written new play takes you behind the scenes of 1950s Washington to give you an intimate glimpse of all the power plays, both political and personal, in the days leading up to and following the singular speech that rattled McCarthyism, Congress, and the nation itself.
Conscience marks the latest collaboration between George Street Playhouse Artistic Director David Saint, who will helm this production, and DiPietro, currently represented on Broadway by the new musical Diana and whose previous works at George Street include The Toxic Avenger; Clever Little Lies starring Marlo Thomas; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Creating Claire; and The Second Mrs. Wilson in 2015.
Here are some photos from the production.
Performances take place in the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, located at 11 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
ALL PHOTOS BY T. CHARLES ERICKSON
