A REFUTATION - West Baltimore - Full Recording!

Watch the performance that took place at Union Memorial UMC on April 23, featuring Chad Coleman, Bill Camp, Seth Gilliam, and Peter Marks, and the powerful discussion about health inequities.

We are delighted to share the full recording of A REFUTATION in West Baltimore. This project presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of excerpts from two conflicting historic accounts of Philadelphia’s 1793 yellow fever epidemic as a catalyst for guided audience discussions about health inequities in America today, grounded in the perspectives of nurses, caregivers, and first responders.

Featuring pamphlets, letters, and rebuttals by Absalom Jones, Richard Allen, Matthew Carey, and Benjamin Rush, performed by Chad Coleman (The Wire, The Orville, The Walking Dead), Seth Gilliam (The Wire, The Walking Dead, Oz), Bill Camp (Presumed Innocent, 12 Years a Slave, The Queen’s Gambit), and Peter Marks (former Chief Theater Critic of The Washington Post).

A REFUTATION was developed with generous support from The Greenwall Foundation in celebration of its 75th anniversary.

Presented by Theater of War Productions, Union Memorial United Methodist Church, Ebenezer United Methodist Church – Capitol Hill, the JH Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, the JH Program in Arts, Humanities, & Health, the JH Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, and the Resilient Nurses Initiative - Maryland.

Directed, adapted, and facilitated by Bryan Doerries and produced by Marjolaine Goldsmith.