Debs: An American Tragedy at – Terre Haute, IN

Get your tickets to see Debs: An American Tragedy in Terre Haute, IN. Happening on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at . Doors open at 2:30 PM.

About the Performance:
Join us for the first-ever public full presentation of Part One of DEBS: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY; a new two-part American epic concerning the life and last revolution of Eugene V. Debs, American Socialist, written by Benjamin Fulk and directed by Arthur Feinsod.

This event is a staged reading, meaning the actors will perform the script aloud on stage, script-in-hand, with minimal staging, movement, or production design. It’s an intimate opportunity to experience the language, characters, and story in its rawest and most essential form, before the full production is mounted.

Today, as the nation continues to wrestle with questions of democracy, labor, and dissent, Debs’ story speaks with renewed urgency. From his roots in Terre Haute, his voice rose to challenge the nation and now, this new American epic begins its journey in the very place where his own began.

A Few Things to Know:

Recommended for ages 18 and up. Contains profanity and adult situations
Free parking is available at the venue, but spaces are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Doors open at 2:00pm, 30 minutes before the start of the show
Performance is expected to last around 3.5 hours, including one 20-minute intermission
Refreshments and merchandise available to purchase

About the Playwright:
Benjamin studied theater, with an emphasis in Playwriting and Directing, at Indiana State University. His first play, PARTICULAR DISPOSITION, had been a work in progress for seven years before being finished and winning the playwriting competition at the 2018 Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference.

About the Director:
Between 2001 and 2021, Dr. Arthur Feinsod taught and directed in Indiana State’s Department of Theater and, between 2001 and 2014, served as Artistic Director of Crossroads Repertory Theatre. In these capacities, he staged many theatrical works as full productions and staged readings, especially classics and new plays. He also ran the ISU Playwriting Program, teaching and producing new plays by many student playwrights, one of whom was award-winning playwright Benjamin Fulk for whom Feinsod has continued to have the pleasure and honor of servingas Fulk’s own personal dramaturg and advisor for his plays, including for the award-winning, recently published play Particular Disposition as well as Debs: An American Tragedy, Part One through its seven-year development. Feinsod looks forward to the birth of Debs: An American Tragedy, Part Two in the near future, for whom he has also served as advisor.

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