About Us

Theater communities in New York, Philadelphia and London will stand up for Social Justice, Free Expression and against the Culture Wars in The 9.13 Project, a “Beck-lash” showcasing nine plays and 13 events in total. The name spoofs Glenn Beck’s self-styled movement, The 9.12 Project, which exploits fear of terrorism, scapegoating and patriotic sentiment to push right-wing paranoia.

The theater company One Armed Man proposed “The 9.13 Project” to The Brecht Forum after learning
about Glenn Beck’s 10-minute rant against the Greenwich Village arts and education venue on his show in early March. "That was just too close to home," says Adam Klasfeld, artistic director of One Armed Man. "This was not just an attempt to smear on a venue that like so many in the community has supported my work. This was an attack on free expression."

Now celebrating its 35th anniversary, The Brecht Forum is a place for people who are working for social
justice, equality and a new culture that puts human needs first. It offers a wide-ranging program of
classes, public lectures and seminars, art exhibitions, performances, popular education workshops, and
language classes. These activities are developed in collaboration with the many diverse communities of
this most cosmopolitan of cities. Its programs bring together leading intellectuals, activists and artists
from New York, across the U.S., and internationally.

One Armed Man, Inc. is a production company that emphasizes politically and aesthetically daring new
work. It produced The Report of My Death, which premiered last summer on the deck of the Steamship
Lilac in Manhattan – and has toured in New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Alaska and Iowa. It
produced two plays in the New York International Fringe Festival, The Prostitute of Reverie Valley (2006
– Last Frontier Theatre Conference participant) and Good Fences Make Good Neighbors (2005 -
chashama AREA Award). At the Brecht Forum, it has presented workshops of The Report of My Death
and a reading of the feature screenplay Club Red: The Innocents Abroad.

Directions

The Brecht Forum is located on "Manhattan's Left Bank" in West Greenwich Village at 451 West Street (that's the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From the West Side Highway

Coming from downtown, just take the West Side Highway to the door

Coming from uptown, there is no left turn near Bank and West so you should get off the highway at 14th Street, go one block and turn right on Washington Street, turn right again on 11th Street, go one block back to West Street and turn right. You will be one block below Bank Street.

From interior of Manhattan

Take any Avenue to 11th Street, turn west and drive to the Hudson River, turn right onto West Street, the Brecht Forum is one block north.

SUBWAY DIRECTIONS

Take the A, C or E to 14th Street, and walk West toward the Hudson River. Turn South on West Street, and keep walking until you reach The Brecht Forum between Bank and Bethune.