About the play:
Ulysses Grant and Mark Twain are superstars of the Gilded Age. Grant has just been swindled in a Ponzi scheme, suddenly bankrupt and humiliated. His only chance to save his honor and his family is to write his memoirs. Twain takes on mounting debt and his own career teeters in his determination to save his hero by publishing the book himself. With his work half finished, Grant is stricken with cancer and faces a stunning betrayal close to home. He wills himself to stay alive to win his last battle, while his pen races and the world watches.
“I discovered this story a decade ago and I fell in love with these two men. They are American heroes — original, daring and honorable. I have worked since then to faithfully capture the drama of what happened between them.” – Elizabeth Diggs, playwright, Winner of an EdGerton Award for New American Plays.
An exclusive play reading with a powerhouse cast in the lead roles:
David Strathairn as Ulysses Grant
Jill Eikenberry as Julia Grant
Tony Shalhoub as Mark Twain
Directed by James Glossman
(SOLD OUT) $50 reservations are donations to the museum; $90 donation includes a VIP meet-and-greet reception with the artists following the performance. The play reading takes place in the Museum Center Auditorium.
Saturday VIP Reception Sponsor: Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, LLP
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