Local actor, playwright, and director Jerry Levy has announced he will give a special benefit performance of his original one-person play “The Third Coming: Marx Returns” on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at 7:30 PM, at The Space at118 Elliot, 118 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, Vermont.
“The play,” explained Levy, “is about Marx’s thoughts and observations should he theoretically return to life in our time.” Levy has played the character of Karl Marx in Howard Zinn’s play, “Marx in Soho,” touring intensively for many years, both domestically and internationally. This experience informed him deeply about the Marx character, and inspired him to write the new play he will be performing in Brattleboro.
“I continue to explore issues raised in Zinn’s play about the relationship between Marx’s ideas, life, and character,” said Levy. “How would Marx represent himself today if he returned? This play is meant to stand on its own, but also continue Zinn’s dramatic study in a different direction,” he said.
Admission to the performance is by donation at the door. Proceeds will benefit Mahalo Art Center’s sponsorship of a delegation of Oglala Lakota teen leaders to participate in a week-long Gathering in Gratitude workshop.
For more information about “The Third Coming: Marx Returns,'” please call 802-254-8513.
