Commission discusses partnering with theatrical ‘interview game’ for difficult dialogues; budget and venue questions remain

Commissioners discussed on July 15 a proposed partnership with a local theater practitioner, Ami, to host facilitated, theater-based dialogues on polarizing topics. Aaron, HRC member, outlined the concept: the proposal would bring Ami’s “interview game” — a theatrical conversation format — to Boulder for public performances followed by facilitated dialogue. “He’s got his crew of, like, 7 people, and he says, like, at a minimum, they could probably, like, pull it together for, like, a thousand dollars or something a show,” Aaron said.

Commissioners described the event as a combination of stage performance and a facilitated conversation designed to invite a broad public audience, including people with strongly pro-Israel and pro-Palestine views,…