Wiltse's "Sedition": Perfect Medium for 1917 First Amendment Story

Light On Light Through · Aug 6, 2007

There's something about a play - seeing the action in person, rather than through or on a screen, can be uniquely moving. And when the play is about a political issue, the intellectual and emotion combination can make a permanent impact for the better on your psyche.

We just got back from David Wiltse's Sedition, premiering this weekend at the Westpost Country Playhouse in Connecticut. Mark Shanahan - known to readers and listeners of Light On Light Through as one of the Four Phils - plays Associate Professor Cassidy, in this powerful play about Wiltse's real grandfather, Andrew Schlag…