Red Hot Patriot: The Kick–Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
A One–Woman Play
Wednesday, 16 Apr 2014 at 8:00 pm – Ames City Auditorium, 515 Clark Avenue
Admission free! No tickets required.Red Hot Patriot, a one-woman play written by sisters Allison and Margaret Engel, celebrates the life and work of syndicated columnist Molly Ivins. Ivins, who died in 2007 at the age of 62, was noted for her satirical columns, especially about Texas politics. Ivins will be played by actress Barbara Chisholm, who starred in the show's run in Austin, Texas. After the performance, playwrights Allison and Margaret Engel will discuss writing the play and the First Amendment. The sisters have strong Iowa ties. Their father, Jack Engel, was on the journalism faculty at Iowa State, and both spent part of their careers at the Des Moines Register. 2014 First Amendment Day Celebration.
"Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was." - Molly Ivins
Allison Engel is in media relations at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Margaret Engel is executive director of the Alicia Patterson Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Cosponsored By:
- First Amendment Day Planning Committee
- Greenlee School of Journalism & Comunication
- Iowa State Daily
- Lee Enterprises
- Society of Professional Journalists - ISU Chapter
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
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- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.