Artscene With Erika Funke

Laurie McCants, playwright, director & emeritus member of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; James Goode, actor & emeritus member of BTE, and Peter Brown, actor & associate ensemble member of BTE, speaking about the play, "Ben and Joe" by Laurie McCants. The work centers on the friendship between Benjamin Franklin & Joseph Priestley and was written for a project funded by the PA Humanities Council & the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The theater piece was recorded at the WVIA studios and will be screened as part of a live virtual event on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7:00 pm, featuring Laurie McCants in conversation with Dr. Carla Mulford of Penn State University, who is a Franklin scholar. The public is invited to take part without charge. For more information: www.wvia.org/