Gleanings - The God Committee

Gleanings is a forum for nuanced discussion about complex ideas and issues relating to arts and culture, theology, and the social sciences. Find out more at GleaningsForum.ca. The first half of the evening is a dramatic play reading by professional actors followed by a facilitated discussion with special guests in the second half.

In the third of this year's Gleanings series "Playing God", we showcase "The God Committee", a 2004 play by Mark St. Germain (playwright of Freud's Last Session). It was made into a movie in 2021 starring Kelsey Grammer. Medicine, Money, and Morality clash when the Heart Transplant Selection Committee of St. Patrick’s Hospital has only minutes to decide which of three patients will receive a heart that has suddenly become available.

SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: What makes a life have value and who gets to decide? What role does suffering play in life? Where does individual autonomy come in? What is the relationship between Life and Death? When does life begin and end?

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