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Infamy, by Claire Conard · Lawrence University: Theatre of the Air

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  00:22 --> 00:29 - Infamy by Claire Conard, adapted for audio by Anna Cohen, Matt Johnson, and Zoe Lynn. 00:30 --> 00:59 - Think fast. You will be escorted to the county jail shortly where you will wait for further prosecution. Any questions? 01:00 --> 01:26 - Could be faster, this whole process, if you said it. Weather's Sne if you don't mind the wind. You can't speak in here. You won't be a Snk if you tell me what happened. So you say? He has a voice. Ladies and cats, we have a voice. Before your transfer, someone would like a few minutes. Come in, please. You have about Sve minutes, ma'am. Thank you. 01:26 --> 01:55 - You aren't my wife. I'm not. But she was my visitor. Why? Why did you think I was- God, no friends, no family who'd bother. Just my wife. Right. So? Hmm? You are- Sorry, I thought- I forgot. I'm Mary. Okay. Yep. May I? I don't need it. 01:55 --> 02:25 - How are you? None of your business. Oh. Why? Why what? Why none of my business. You're queer. No, I- I just want to chat. Suppose the fuzz let you in cause you're one of them, right? Trying to get me to confess? No. Just here to chat. I want to learn about you. Why? Because you're interesting. You Snd me interesting? How do you even know me anyway?
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  02:55 --> 03:20 - I'm not pin on me. The only thing I've done is carry a pistol into- I protest this police brutality. Show me your badge and gun. No gun. No badge. See, your wife's. I'm here because your wife wants to make sure you're okay. Jeez. Coats at this time are pretty itchy. 03:20 --> 03:31 -I guess so. That's funny. Nothing. They're trying to get a confession from you. And you say you didn't do it? 03:31 --> 03:35 - That's right. You sure? Of course I'm. The president's dead. 03:35 --> 03:44 - That a fact? I didn't do anything. I will not be intimidated by you or these people. Leave me in peace. 03:44 --> 03:49 - Please. I need to know the truth. You will be remembered forever as the man who may have killed- 03:49 --> 03:50 - I killed no one. 03:51 --> 03:55 - Stop. The lies have to end eventually. It all adds up. The angle- 03:55 --> 03:55 Angle?
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  03:56 --> 03:57 Witness reports? 03:57 --> 04:16 - And the rice. That thing about the bullets a bit tricky, but if you- Who are you? I knew you were uneducated, but honestly- Stop. You claim to know my wife. You claim to be helping me, but you keep attacking me like the fuzz. Tell me who you are. My name is- No. Not your name. Tell me why you're here. 04:20 --> 04:24 - I'm from the future. And I need to know if you killed the president. 04:27 --> 04:28 Are you high? 04:28 --> 04:38 - No. I can prove it. Your birthday is October 18th, and you have two daughters, June and- Audrey. She was born recently, if I'm remembering correctly. 04:39 --> 04:43 - That shit. You're a dirty fed and you have been following me. 04:43 --> 04:50 - No! You Srst read the Communist Manifesto when you were 16 after dropping out of school. You attempted to shoot General Edwin Walker- 04:50 --> 04:55 - seven months ago and you tried to start a Fair Play for Cuba chapter in New 04:55 --> 05:03 - Orleans. Sorry no one joined. You seem to know so much. So why don't you know if I 05:03 --> 05:09 - killed someone or not? Not just someone. You are one of the biggest mysteries. We
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  05:13 --> 05:18 - this for a few years now and I come to the same conclusion. Nothing. I come to 05:18 --> 05:23 - nothing. No answer satisSes me because there is always some detail that doesn't 05:23 --> 05:29 - quite St. Like a puzzle piece. When you start a big puzzle, like those big 5,000 05:29 --> 05:34 - piece ones, you try to St random pieces together until you get a match. Then some 05:34 --> 05:41 - just don't quite go together. Please tell me what you did. Tell me and let my brain 05:41 --> 05:46 - rest. You say that like you know I did it. So much for your puzzle shit. That's not- 05:46 --> 05:54 - People always blaming me for- I only meant- Why me? Why does everybody want to make me feel like shit? 05:54 --> 05:59 - I don't know. You were gonna say something else. 05:59 --> 06:09 - you're a bit intense at least what i've read about you you've read about there's a book about me 06:09 --> 06:14 - quite a few everyone who was alive at this time remembers where they were today and 06:14 --> 06:21 - everyone remembers you you said intense you haven't exactly treated many people with
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  06:30 --> 06:39 - but people remember me right yeah but not in an especially positive people will remember me 06:39 --> 06:47 - emember my name but people believe you killed someone someone important this act deSned a 06:47 --> 06:54 -0 generation and continues controversy to this day well in my day we've never known the absolute 06:54 --> 07:00 - truth and this is the moment that starts it all you are the rock and history the lake what you choose 07:00 --> 07:05 - to do right now will ripple through history affecting more people than you realize people spend their 07:05 --> 07:15 - lives investigating and examining your life just tell me if you did it tell me never why my family's 07:15 --> 07:21 - shit my mouth's a nutcase i haven't seen my brothers for years and my marriage is going to crack 07:21 --> 07:28 - employment doesn't come easy either i try applying everywhere i can and i can't make scratch at the 07:28 --> 07:34 - places that'll take me i have nothing and if there's a chance that someone anyone will think of me now
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  07:40 --> 07:48 - ask your opinion tell me what happened not knowing will destroy me my life unappreciated will destroy me 07:48 --> 08:10 - Me. When I said people have read about you their whole lives, I meant me. I only said a few years to not sound so pathetic. I learned your name when I was ten and have spent every spare moment of my life reading about you. And all this. I can't spend the rest of my life not knowing. Tell me. Without this, I have nothing. 08:12 --> 08:17 - I'll give you something. Anything. Whatever you want. Whatever I want. I swear. 08:18 --> 08:20 Recognition. 08:23 --> 08:26 - It's after 11.15. We have to take him. I just need... 08:26 --> 08:33 - I don't care what you need. We need to transfer him. It was supposed to happen ten minutes ago. Come with me, Mr. Oswald. 08:38 --> 08:38 Shit. 08:48 --> 08:53 - Our cast was Zoe Lynn as Hoskins and Anna Cohen as Mary. 08:53 --> 08:57 -Our production featured Matt Johnson as Lee Harvey Oswald.
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  09:01 --> 09:04 - Foley Sound was created and recorded by the acting company. 09:05 --> 09:08 - Lawrence Theater of the Air theme music was composed by Ken Hemba. 09:08 --> 09:11 - Aaron Shurko is our sound engineer. 09:12 --> 09:18 - Infamy was produced and edited by Timothy Troy for Greyfell Audio Theater.