In an intimate hour-long performance, Salt Lake City radio personality Hans Petersen brings to life a celebrated figure from America's revolutionary period in KUED-Channel 7's production of "Tom Paine." Produced by KUED's Elizabeth Searles and directed by Ann Gallenson, the program is a dramatic exploration of English-born pamphleteer Thomas Paine, who was instrumental in the success of the American Revolution. His pamphlet, "Common Sense," published on January 10, 1776 approximately a year after his arrival in America, called upon the colonies to break with Great Britain. The pamphlet went through 25 editions and reached thousands of readers at a time when the typical pamphlet only reached several hundred, and has since gone on to inspire countless others throughout history.