PICA Lectures: John Malpede

All The Way From LA!
John Malpede Will Lecture About His Work!
The Public is Invited (it's free, tell your friends)
Monday June 9th, 7:30pm Sharp!
PSU 5th Avenue Cinema Room 92
510 SW Hall St. at SW 5th Ave

John Malpede is a director, actor, activist, and writer. In 1985, Malpede founded and continues to direct the Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD), the first performance group in the nation comprised primarily of homeless and formerly homeless people. LAPD's mission is to create performances that connect lived experience to the social forces that shape the lives and communities of people living in poverty. "A nationally acclaimed theater radical and social visionary, Malpede has been confounding audience expectations for two decades," said Linda Eisenstein in the Cleveland Plain Dealer this year. Directed by Malpede, LAPD is current touring Agents & Assets, a performance that addresses the consequences of the U.S. government's escalating war on drugs and the misuse of U.S. intelligence agencies by the executive branch of the government. Agents & Assets has been produced in Los Angeles, Detroit, and at the Cleveland Public Theater. www.pica.org