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SHARE BUTTON Memoirs of a Forgotten Man Long before “fake news” entered our lexicon, it was called propa- ganda. And in the Soviet Union, circa 1938, it was the grease that kept Stalin’s machinery of terror in motion. Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W. Gregory is a play that takes us to a world where justice is arbitrary and freedom as we know it does not exist. It involves a So- viet journalist with the gift of total recall. A psychologist seeking to rehabilitate herself. A government NJ STAGE - ISSUE 61 censor with a secret past. Over two decades their fates become entwined as victims and collabora- tors in Stalin’s campaign to rewrite public memory. New Jersey Repertory Company presents the play from August 15 through September 15 as part of its National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Other theaters participating in the rolling World Premiere include Contem- porary American Theater Festival INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 27