{"id":10081,"date":"2026-01-26T20:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/?page_id=10081"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:53:54","slug":"moment-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/events\/moment-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2026\/01\/headers-for-events-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2026\/01\/headers-for-events-page.png 750w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2026\/01\/headers-for-events-page-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Moment of Silence<\/em><\/strong><br>An original play written by Beja Pu\u0161k\u00e1\u0161ov\u00e1 &#8217;26<br>A presentation in partial fulfillment of honors in playwriting<br>Friday and Saturday March 27, 28 at 7:30pm<br>Sunday March 29 at 2:00pm<br>James A. Williams Theater<br>What if uteruses had their own thoughts, feelings, and social lives? What if period disorders became humanoid and ran around, haunting humans in public spaces, instead of being hidden behind the veil of cis-hetero patriarchy? <em>Moment of Silence<\/em> trans-affirmingly gives birth to a world where reality is magical and magic is real.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Moment of Silence<\/em> by Beja Pu\u0161k\u00e1\u0161ov\u00e1 will be performed as a staged reading on the last weekend of March 2026. This format allows for a rigorous commitment to theater that does not necessarily require memorizing a script. 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Williams TheaterWhat if uteruses had their own thoughts, feelings, and social lives? 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