The director John Murphy discusses the Western Canadian premiere of the Will Arbery play Heroes of the Fourth Turning, a Mitch and Murray Production running at Studio 16 (31 January-09 February 2025), with Joseph Planta.

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Starting tomorrow night (31 January 2025) and running until 09 February 2025, is the latest from Mitch and Murray Productions, the Western Canadian premiere of Heroes of the Fourth Turning. The award-winning play, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, takes place just after the 2017 Charlottesville riots. It’s a reunion of four young conservatives, who’ve gathered to toast the newly inducted president of their Catholic college. What’s borne out in the play is a look at generational politics, as well as the conversations that we need to have in our political discourse, even in some of our families, but can’t because of how polarised everything is. Joining me now is John Murphy, the director of the production which stars Elizabeth Barrett, Jennifer Clement, Aaron Craven, Nyiri Karakas, and David Kaye. I’ll ask Mr. Murphy about the Will Arbery play, about Arbery’s own upbringing and background that might be useful to understand from where he writes. Arbery wrote on the HBO series Succession. The production is at Studio 16 at 1551 West 7^th Avenue. Visit www.mitchandmurrayproductions.com for tickets and information. We taped this interview December 31^st (2024). Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, John Murphy; Mr. Murphy, good morning.

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