A group of conservative students at Bowdoin College in Brunswick are hosting a performance of October 7th, a theater production based on the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks committed by Palestinian terrorists against Israelis.
“October 7th is a verbatim play taking the real words of survivors of the October 7th massacre in Israel and bringing their stories to stage. In a time of rising campus antisemitism, it is important to remember, and hear the truth, of that horrific day,” the ticketing page for the event states.
“After sold out runs in NY, at Princeton and UCLA, October 7th, the play comes to Bowdoin,” the site says.
Directed by Geoffrey Cantor, the 90-minute play relies on verbatim transcripts from those who endured the violence at the Nova music festival and surrounding kibbutzim, eschewing elaborate sets or special effects in favor of simple yet stark testimony. A cast of more than a dozen performers, embodying a cross-section of Israeli society, delivers these narratives with precision and restraint, transforming personal recollections into a collective chronicle of resilience amid catastrophe. Through a series of monologues, the actors convey the horrifying experience of those victimized by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
The performance will stand as a rebuke of sorts to members of the student body who staged a February 2025 sit-in in the Smith Union, demanding that the college divest endowment funds from firms connected to Israel or arms manufacturers alleged to be supplying the Israeli military. The performance is also sure to irk certain members of Bowdoin’s faculty, who have displayed overt sympathies with the Hamas terrorists.
The event will be held on Thursday, Sept. 18, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Bowdoin College’s Pickard Theater.
Tickets to attend are free, but guests must RSVP at the college’s event website. Parking is available throughout the campus and surrounding Brunswick streets.
This event is being presented at Maine’s leading liberal arts institution through a collaboration between the Bowdoin College Conservatives and the Combating Hate and Antisemitism Initiative (CHAI).
Those who wish to attend the Sept. 18 performance of “October 7th” at Bowdoin College can sign up for tickets here.
