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GALILEO by Bertolt Brecht

At Green Lung Studio

Red Hook

🎭Brecht wrote it after fleeing Nazi Germany in 1933
⭐Charles Laughton premiered the role in 1947
🏛️Brecht faced the House Un-American Activities Committee over it

What happens when truth collides with power? Brecht's Galileo follows the astronomer who dared challenge the Church, in a sharp new adaptation staged at an intimate Brooklyn studio.

Classic theater
Thought-provoking
Intimate venue
Political drama

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  • Classic theater
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  • Intimate venue
  • Political drama
  • Green Lung Studio
  • Red Hook
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