Western Illinois University Department of Theatre and Dance: WE ARE PUSSY RIOT or EVERYTHING P.R.

WE ARE P*$$Y RIOT or EVERYTHING IS P.R.
By Barbara Hammond
Directed by DC Wright & Hadley Kamminga-Peck

October 25 - 28 at 7:30pm & October 29 at 2:00pm

Hainline Theatre

Tickets: $15 General Admission

In February 2012, five young women walked into the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow to protest the illegal presidential election in Russia. The young activists, who called themselves Pussy Riot, offered up a 48-second punk prayer, shouting, “Virgin Mary, chase Putin away!” before being dragged out of the church by security. After uploading a video of the performance onto YouTube, the women of Pussy Riot were arrested as enemies of church and state. But when Western media reclaimed the story, Pussy Riot’s protest became the greatest piece of performance art in Russian history. This is their story.

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ITA members - Contact Tammy Killian for comp tickets.