Conscience
Conscience
Closed 2h 0m NJ: New Brunswick
92% 24 reviews
92%
(24 Ratings)
Positive
100%
Mixed
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Negative
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Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Relevant, Intelligent, Great staging

About the Show

This latest work by George Street Playhouse favorite Joe DiPietro ("The Second Mrs. Wilson," "Toxic Avenger," "Clever Little Lies") is a historical drama set during the Red Scare.

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Critic Reviews (6)

The New York Times
March 11th, 2020

"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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Front Row Center
March 10th, 2020

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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New Jersey Stage
March 10th, 2020

"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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T
March 8th, 2020

"'Conscience' Recreates Red Scare Clash"
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Broad Street Review
March 9th, 2020

"George Street Playhouse presents Joe DiPietro’s ‘Conscience’: A sense of decency in politics"
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NJ Arts Maven
March 9th, 2020

"TIMELY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING 'CONSCIENCE' PROVIDES RIVETING VIEW OF POLITICS @ GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE"
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