WHEN:
April 3 - May 4, 2025
WHERE:
The Athenaeum Center For Thought and Culture
2936 N Southport Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York Magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy- an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D'Agata essay by his editor, the two come head to head in a comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. The Lifespan of a Fact will comically but profoundly confront the audience to consider where objectivity and subjectivity split - or bleed together..."
