Audience members can again experience both history and television in the making during the filming of Episode Three of “Inventing America: Conversations with the Founders” on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at Hope College in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
The public is invited to the one-time performance. Admission is free, although advance tickets are recommended.
The episode, “Liberty for All: The Untold Story of the Bill of Rights,” being filmed by WGVU Public Media, will feature a “live” interview and Q&A session with four of the nation’s Founding Fathers who were centrally involved in the development of the Bill of Rights: Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
“Inventing America” was created by Holland resident (and Hope Church member) Milton Nieuwsma, a two-time Emmy Award winner, to tell the story of the American republic and apply the Founders’ ideas to the present time. The format is modeled after Steve Allen’s classic “Meeting of Minds” series, which aired on PBS from 1977 to 1981.
The first two episodes were also filmed at Hope, in 2014 and 2016 respectively. They were subsequently distributed to PBS stations nationwide via the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).
Perry Landes (a Hope Church member), associate professor of theatre, is lighting and sound designer.
Tickets are available online as well as at the ticket office in the Events and Conferences Office located downtown in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center (100 E. Eighth St.). The ticket office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
For more information, visit: https://hope.edu/news/2017/arts/founding-fathers-to-discuss-developing-the-bill-of-rights-on-dec-8-2017.html