On April 30^th,  the NYPD raided CUNY's City College Campus and arrested 173 student protesters as part of an operation to crack down on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses citywide. This was one of many violent police raids of student protest encampments throughout the United States. As community insiders, student journalists played an unprecedented role in documenting the events where many mainstream and legacy media outlets were otherwise barred or restricted from reporting on the story. 

This investigative theatre project explores student activism by telling the story of the City College police raid through memories of student journalists, activists, faculty, and community members present at the raid that night. The project aims to highlight broader issues of police and militarization of college campuses, academic freedom, the legacy of student activism in the United States, and independent journalism. We are interested in exploring the role of theatre as a living archive to document and record contemporary events.