Conclave: Live Read (2025)

Lies, betrayal, power plays, backstabbing, mystery, intrigue, scandal – this is the papal conclave: a shadowy, high-stakes assembly of the Catholic College of Cardinals, summoned when the pope dies, to elect the next Pope. Who could’ve imagined that so much drama lurks beneath the Vatican’s gilded ceilings? Now, experience the tension firsthand as Edward Berger, director of Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front, brings his award-winning film Conclave to life with a one-night-only Live Read at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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