The Lifespan of a Fact at Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

The Lifespan of a Fact

Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell
and Gordon Farrell

based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal

“…terrifically funny dialogue…once the writer and the fact-checker get into a lively debate on the ethics of factual truth vs. the beauty of literary dishonesty, it’s time to really sit up and listen”—Variety 

Based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact-check D’Agata’s essay, the two come head to head in a comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth.   

Authors

• David Murrell
• Gordon M Farrell
• Jeremy Kareken