[FAC] West Coast Premiere - Slaughter of the Innocents

[Pamela Dyer]

Slaughter of the Innocents    
By William Saroyan 
Directed by Edward EmanuEl
West Coast Premiere - A WILLIAM SAROYAN CENTENNIAL Event

Saroyan pulls no punches in describing how devastatingly fragile democracy and freedom 
really are This is unmistakably Saroyan, with his sentimental yet probing concern for people 
as human beings; it is Saroyan at his most intelligent and most meaningful. The story is that 
of a bartender (James Taylor) whose saloon has been confiscated to be used for public trials 
by the new police state. Juries have been dispensed with; the victims are marched in on an 
assembly line, accused, sentenced, then marched out through the back door to be shot while 
the populace cheers in wild enthusiasm. When a small boy (Atticus Martin) is run through in 
this fashion, the bartender rebels, throwing a large monkey wrench into the smoothly 
running mechanism. Then comes the directive: the six officials are to change places with the 
next six victims. Thus it is that the people come to a realization of the meaning of justice in 
a democracy.

John Wright Theatre 
October 3-5 & 7-11, 2008
All Performances begin at 8:00 p.m. except on Sunday when it begins at 2:00 p.m.

Ticket Prices:
General Admission -$17 
Fresno State Faculty/Staff, Alumni Association Members*, Seniors (60 +) & Non - Fresno State 
Students (Under 5 not admitted)-$15 
Fresno State Students*-$10 
*ID Required

Box Office Hours
Monday – Friday - Noon to 5 p.m.
North Entrance Speech Arts Building

Phone - 278-2216
Fax 278-7215
Web Site - http://www.csufresno.edu/Theatre

Pamela Dyer
Business & Promotions Manager
Theatre Arts Department
California State University, Fresno
559-278-7512
559-278-7215 - FAX
www.csufresno.edu/Theatre
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