"Eleanor the Great" at ISU Sunday, February 8

Submitted by rode on Mon, 12/29/2025 - 18:38
Sunday, February 8
(Earlier show due to Superbowl)
2:00 & 4:00 p.m.
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After her lifelong best friend Bessie dies, Eleanor moves to New York and joins a Holocaust survivors' support group, impulsively taking on Bessie's real story as her own to combat loneliness and grief, and to share her friend's harrowing story publicly for the first time, leading to a viral story by a journalism student that spirals out of control as Eleanor faces the escalating consequences of her elaborate lie. "Enthralling and heartwarming," writes the Austin Chronicle, while The New York Times calls it a "Genuinely moving intergenerational connection between two women who need each other to move past their particular grief." Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff/faculty and free for ISU students with a valid Bengal ID.