2021-2022 Season
The Lifespan of a Fact
by Jeremy Kareken, David Murell & Gordon Farrell
Directed by Michael Stevenson
Sacramento Premiere
Live Performances & Virtually On Demand
May 4 – June 5, 2022
Based on the true story of reporter John D’Agata’s essay ‘What Happens There’, THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT follows Fingal, who has a small job: to fact-check articles for one of the best magazines in the country. His boss has given him a big assignment: to apply his skill to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D’Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D’Agata made up a lot of his article. What starts professional quickly becomes profane. A brilliant comedy grappling with a seminal issue of our time.
“If we were living through a different moment in time, the writer’s fabricated but emotionally wrenching ‘truth’ would easily outweigh the fact-checker’s chilly reality of events. But with the leader of our nation stomping on truth as we know it, and the very essence of reality imperiled by political fact-stretchers, the debate at the heart of this play transcends comedy and demands serious attention.” – VARIETY
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 95 MINUTES, NO INTERMISSION
