| Discussion and Performance of The Trial of Osama bin Laden at the Humphrey Institute
What would happen if Osama bin Laden was captured and put on trial in the United
States? A new play, The Trial of Osama bin Laden, explores this possibility
and imagines the arch-terrorist himself on trial in New York City. The Humphrey
Institute will host a performance of selected scenes from the play and a panel
discussion at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in Cowles Auditorium.
The panel discussion will include co-author Peter Goldmark and director John
Clark Donahue, who will engage in a conversation on justice, destiny, and free
will in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy. J. Brian Atwood, dean of the Humphrey
Institute and former head of USAID, will moderate.
Goldmark is the former chair and CEO of the International Herald Tribune
and a former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
(which owned the World Trade Center towers). Currently he is the director of
the climate and air program at Environmental Defense, a nonprofit environmental
research and advocacy organization based in New York City.
The program is free and open to the public. The Trial of Osama bin Laden
will run Thursdays through Sundays, February 16 through March 5, at Old Arizona,
2821 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. For reservations and information, call (612)
871-0050, ext. 4.
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