What Price Freedom

Moving Arts
3191 Casitas Ave Los Angeles

With war looming, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin attempt a covert peace negotiation with Britain. Forced to share a bed on the eve of the talks, one of America’s most enlightened pragmatists and one of its most insufferable realists find their greatest obstacle is not the Crown, but each other. As the fate of a new nation hangs in the balance, whose vision of freedom will prevail? In this world premiere by Tony Blake, the wit, fire, and restless brilliance of these founding fathers illuminate the question: What is the true price of independence?

Thru - May 3, 2026

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Stage and Cinema - Somewhat Recommended

"...What Price Freedom, by Tony Blake, having its world premiere at Moving Arts Theatre, recounts one of the more unusual moments in the course of the American Revolution: when John Adams (destined to be the second president of the United States) and Benjamin Franklin, early American Renaissance man (destined to be the face on the $100 bill), were forced to share a bed."

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- Ernest Kearney

Stage Raw - Somewhat Recommended

"...In Tony Blake’s new play, set in September, 1776, firebrand and snooty Bostonian John Adams (Brandon Bales), destined to become second president of the United States, is so fueled by hatred of the British, one has to wonder how he sleeps at night."

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- Steven Leigh Morris

What Price Freedom at Moving Arts