Theatre-Hikes to Present A WALK WITH MARK TWAIN, 8/31-9/1

Theatre-Hikes is proud to present A Walk with Mark Twain, with "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Joseph McDonough and "The Diaries of Adam and Eve" by David Birney.

The first play, Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published as a short story in the November 18,1865, edition of The New York Saturday Press, under the title ' 'Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." The story is set in a gold-mining camp in Calaveras County, California, and has its origins in the folklore of the Gold Rush era. It was one of Twain's earliest writings, and helped establish his reputation as a humorist.

The Second play, based in on two short stories written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897 and Extracts from Eve's Diary in 1905. Twain's Adam was based on himself while Eve was modelled after his wife Livy

It is fitting that these two plays be joined together in one package. While very different plays, they nicely bookend Mark Twain's career in literature and in life.

Featuring
Frank Sjodin as Mark Twain
Scott Ray Merchant
Bradley Baker
Monica Lani

Tickets:
http://www.theatre-hikes.org/tickets.html

Performances:

FREE
at North Park Village Nature Center
On Pulaski at Ardmore, 5801 N Pulaski, Chicago, IL
Reservations requested, 312-744-5472
Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 at 1PM
FREE bicycle and car parking available
Off Pulaski bus at Ardmore, 1 block south of Peterson bus at Pulaski
Follow signs to Theatre-Hikes or the Nature Center from entrance at Ardmore

at The Morton Arboretum
4100 IL Route 53, Lisle, IL
Tickets $8-19
Call 630-725-2066
www.mortonarb.org/calendar/article/19481/theatre-hikesr-at-the-morton-arboretum.html
Route 53 North off I-88 and first right

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