It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. We here at WNYC, partner occasionally with a group called Theater of War that does a very interesting thing.

They pick a story.

Lately, these have been works of journalism, but earlier on in the group's history, they focused

on, among other things, the work of Sophocles.

And they invite big-name actors to perform readings of the story.

And then along with other relevant voices, they hold open discussions

about the reading, the content with an audience that has a particular interest in the story.

So tonight, starting at 8 o'clock right here on our air, you'll hear the first installment

of a series called Theater of War on the radio.

Tonight's story focuses on how schools and educators in Minneapolis are navigating the

situation with federal immigration agents camping out in their cars just outside of school

property.

There's going to be a reading that's part of this by the actor Sam Waterston, and we're

going to preview it now with Brian Dory's artistic director of Theater of War Productions.

Brian, thanks for joining us live on the radio about nine hours before your show.

Oh, good morning.

Thank you so much, Brian.

And for folks who aren't familiar with your work, what's the shape that a theater of war production usually takes? Our projects all take the same basic form. It's a charged and powerful

reading of an important text that has something to say about a pressing issue in the present

moment. That could be anything from an ancient Greek tragedy to a poem, to a historic document,

to works of journalism, performed by some of the best actors on the planet as a framework for a

discussion that follows. But in our model, the discussion is the main event. The whole point of

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