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DESCRIPTION:America&rsquo\;s colleges and universities have long been the
  vanguard of  our most ferocious national debates\, from immigration law
  to civil  rights to war.   This is the population at the center of Rich
  Orloff&rsquo\;s theatrical  documentary Days of Possibilities\, which p
 rofiles Oberlin College  students in the late 1960s. All are grappling w
 ith the moral cost and  terrible ambiguities of the Vietnam War. Some de
 cide to vigorously  protest the military engagement\, while others wrest
 le with more  ambivalent feelings. As the years pass\, and the conflict 
 in Southeast  Asia escalates\, so do tensions on campus\, until the acti
 on reaches a  horrible climax with the shootings at nearby Kent State.  
 Days of Possibilities will be performed at Elmhurst College beginning on
  Thursday\, March 1.  Orloff&rsquo\;s script is based on letters from Ob
 erlin students as well as  first-person interviews\, and while it is ver
 y much a play about the  1960s\, the themes&mdash\;political disillusion
 ment\, challenging authority&mdash\;will  resonate strongly with today&r
 squo\;s audiences.  Director Alan Weiger teaches a class at Elmhurst abo
 ut the 1960s.\n&ldquo\;As  a &lsquo\;Boomer\,&rsquo\; I came of age duri
 ng that time\, and while my adolescent  mind couldn&rsquo\;t really proc
 ess all the events that were occurring\, I knew  things were happening t
 hat were meaningful\,&rdquo\; he said.  Weiger said he&rsquo\;s always w
 anted to do a play set in the &rsquo\;60s\, but decided  on Orloff&rsquo
 \;s script only after the playwright sent Weiger an unsolicited  email\,
  offering the play for production.  Weiger is looking forward to sharing
  the play with the Elmhurst  community\, in part because this so-called 
 period piece remains  profoundly relevant. &ldquo\;It chronicles many of
  the issues that college  students deal with regardless of the era\,&rdq
 uo\; he said.  Thursday-Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. the Sunday
  performance begins at 2 p.m.
URL:http://elmhurst.patch.com/events/vietnam-war-era-drama-to-be-performe
 d-at-elmhurst-college-beginning-march-1-f2cf2219
SUMMARY:Vietnam War-era Drama to be Performed at Elmhurst College Beginni
 ng March 1
LOCATION:253 W Walter St\, Elmhurst\, IL 60126: 253 W Walter St\, Elmhurs
 t\, IL
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