"The Woman Who Stared Down the Red Scare: The hero of Joe DiPietro’s new comic drama is Margaret Chase Smith, a U.S. senator who had the rare courage to stand up to McCarthyism."
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Score: 95% "The real-life confrontation between Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the red-baiting Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy is brilliantly explored in Joe DiPietro's new play Conscience, on stage at George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey."
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"DiPietro’s script often has the actors lamely setting scenes, reducing them to narrators shunting emotional impact. Largely the production ably and aptly gives voice to the naked ambition of D.C. – letting characters speak as themselves shines the drama brighter."
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"'Conscience' Recreates Red Scare Clash"
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"George Street Playhouse presents Joe DiPietro’s ‘Conscience’: A sense of decency in politics"
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"TIMELY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING 'CONSCIENCE' PROVIDES RIVETING VIEW OF POLITICS @ GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE"
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