Theater performance in Port Townsend today, Thursday looks at health care

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, May 20, 2015

PORT TOWNSEND — “Gambling with Our Lives: Healthcare Affordability and Access” is the title of the Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble’s next production at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall today and Thursday.

Curtain time is 7 p.m. both nights and admission is free to the event, which is both an interactive theater performance and a community dialogue.

Donations are welcome at the U.U. Fellowship Hall, 2333 San Juan Ave.

Open to all, this participatory event is especially for local people who have experienced challenges with affordability and access to health care.

Audience members are invited to come and simply listen — or share personal stories, struggles and experiences, which the actors will bring to life.

These stories will help shape Poetic Justice’s “Legislative Theatre” event in October, when the troupe will again work with the public to problem solve and ultimately propose policy change.

Now in its 14th season, the Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble is part of Port Townsend’s Mandala Center for Change.

As a multi-ethnic, multi-generational troupe, the ensemble seeks to use interactive theater as a tool for awareness and social change.

For more information, phone 360-344-3435 or visit www.mandalaforchange.com.