Clay Jenkinson, nationally known historical
interpreter and scholar, will perform for the Tenth Annual Great American
Series to benefit the Crystal Lake Library Foundation and the Raue Center For
The Arts. The performance will be held
on Saturday, March 2, 2013.
Jenkinson will introduce a new show “Rushmore
Speaks” in observance of the Crystal Lake Public Library’s 100th anniversary. He will be in costume and character as both
Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt with “thoughts on the other guys” -
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Jenkinson, a Rhodes and Danforth scholar,
is cofounder of the modern Chautauqua movement and has dedicated the better
part of his life to researching the historical characters that he portrays, and
to bringing back and defining the “living theater” of Chautauqua. The recipient
of one of the first National Endowment for the Humanities Awards for Excellence,
his performances are always humorous, educational, thought provoking and
enlightening, while maintaining a steady focus on ideas. In addition to
Jefferson and Roosevelt, Jenkinson has portrayed J. Robert Oppenheimer, John
Wesley Powell, Meriwether Lewis and John Steinbeck.
Jenkinson is a writer, documentary
film producer, and host of the weekly NPR radio program “The Thomas Jefferson
Hour.” He is also director of the Dakota Institute in his home state of North
Dakota, and the founder and chief consultant of the Theodore Roosevelt Center
at Dickinson State University.
Tickets for this special anniversary performance
are $45 and $55. The shows begin at 7:30
pm. The program is sponsored by Sage
Products Inc., Merrill Lynch, Exemplar Financial Network, and Countryside
Flower Shop, Nursery & Garden Center.
To purchase tickets, please call
815.356.9212 or visit www.rauecenter.org.
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