About this Event
THE COURTROOM
A Reenactment of One Woman's Deportation Proceedings
Transcripts arranged by Arian Moayed
Presented by Earendel Theatricals
A Fundraiser for Migrant Services in the Catholic Diocese of Lexington
Elizabeth Keathley, a Filipina immigrant, entered the United States on a K-3 visa to live with her husband, a U.S. citizen. When applying for her driver’s license at an Illinois DMV, Keathley inadvertently said “yes” to the form question of registering to vote, and subsequently received a voter registration card in the mail. With this card, Keathley voted in a midterm congressional election, violating U.S. election law. When the mistake was discovered at her citizenship hearings, the Department of Homeland Security ordered her deportation. Elizabeth Keathley’s case went from Chicago Immigration Court all the way to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Created from verbatim transcripts, THE COURTROOM is an uncanny examination of the U.S. immigration system and one woman at its mercy.
“…this is theater as civic meditation…[THE COURTROOM] enlist[s] the spectators as witnesses, exhorting the Americans in the room to consider what our nation is doing in our name and how, if we oppose that, we intend to stop it…As the piece follows her from one courtroom…to another…what is most palpable is the suspense—how deeply invested the audience becomes in the future of this gentle woman.” —The New York Times
CAST
ELIZABETH KEATHLEY - Joy Lanceta Coronel
JOHN KEATHLEY - John Code
RICHARD HANUS - Jeff Sherr
GREGORY GUCKENBERGER/BAILIFF - Sarah Vazquez
JUDGE CRAIG ZERBE - Jess Mullins Fullen
CHIEF JUDGE FRANK EASTERBROOK - Jessie Jones
JUDGE MICHAEL STEPHEN KANNE - Malcolm Johnson
JUDGE KENNETH RIPPLE - Beks Roen
MARGARET O'DONNELL - Lainey Vazquez
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR - Christian Cole Matson
PRODUCTION MANAGER - John Code
STAGE MANAGER - Kaydince Williamson
CULTURAL CONSULTANT - Joy Lanceta Coronel
Join Earendel Theatricals for a staged reading of Arian Moayed's THE COURTROOM, presented as a fundraiser for migrant services in the Catholic Diocese of Lexington. The performance will take place at 7:00 PM in Hehman Hall, Cathedral of Christ the King, followed by a brief Q&A with the cast, creative team, and representatives of Catholic Charities, diocesan migrant services, and CRCKY.
Event venue & nearby stays
Cathedral of Christ the King, 299 Colony Boulevard, Lexington, United States
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