Power of Sail

Power of Sail is a play by the American writer Paul Grellong. Charles Nichols, a distinguished Harvard professor, invites an incendiary white nationalist to speak at his annual symposium, confident that he can expose and discredit him in open debate. His colleagues fear for his reputation and the university's, his students protest, and Charles refuses to back down, while questions grow about his real motives. Billed as a moral thriller, it examines the thin line between free speech and hate, and who ends up paying the price.