I Was the Voice of Democracy is an hour-long, solo performance written and performed by Associate Professor of Theater Brian Herrera. It recalls the true story of a 17-year-old who is briefly thrust into a peculiar kind of fame when a patriotic speech he writes on a whim ends up winning a national contest. Through autobiographical storytelling, this one-person, multimedia event offers a mix of analysis and anecdote, both hilarious and heartbreaking, as Herrera puzzles through the memories, mementos and artifacts that comprise the archive of his own teenage experience.
Presented by the Princeton Public Library as part of the Fall Storytelling Series, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
