COINTELSHOW

COINTELSHOW: A PATRIOT ACT is Larry Bogad’s biting political satire about COINTELPRO, the FBI’s counterintelligence program with which they sabotaged, disrupted, and repressed domestic groups like the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the American Indian Movement, along with individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King. Over the course of an hour, the main character, Special Agent Christian White, shares actual COINTELPRO artifacts with the audience as a performative slideshow with commentary. He takes us underneath the redaction marks of the heavily-censored documents, into the dark underworld beneath, where he is engulfed in a space haunted by his victims.

From March 08-12, 2023 we invite you to invite Special Agent Christian White into the comfort of your home for his virtual presentation of COINTELSHOW at ArtsEmerson.

Collaborators

Writer: L.M. Bogad

Performer:  Bruce France

Composer: Peter J. Bowling

Virtual Backend:  Dan Pruksarnukul

Directors: Nick Slie and Dan Pruksarnukul
Set Design:  Bruce France, Dan Pruksarnukul, Nick Slie & Yamil Rodriguez
Additional Collaborators:  Yamil Rodriguez