Tag: Scripts

Joe McCarthy & Arthur Miller

Sep 16, 2025

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Ben East

in Conspiracies, Crime, Government Studies, history, Nonfiction, Politics, Terrorism, Washington

Joe McCarthy led a witch hunt that in turn led to required reading for all U.S. high school students: Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.
Peace Corps, the Musical

Sep 16, 2018

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Ben East

in About, Foreign Affairs, Government Studies, Music, Non-Fiction, Peace Corps, Travel, Writing

Five years ago, I flirted with writing a musical based on ‘the generic Peace Corps experience.’ I tabled the idea quickly. The unique nature of volunteer service set abundant hurdles. Peace Corps Africa and Peace Corps Latin America are different beasts. The organization’s six decades presented another problem. We’d moved from the era of ‘Drop…