Kurt Sutton Stars in AN EVENING WITH MARK TWAIN at Prescott Fine Arts Association, 4/3

Atlanta-based professional actor, Kurt Sutton, will present his one-man, acclaimed performance "An Evening With Mark Twain" at the Prescott Fine Arts Association on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for students and can be reserved by calling the PFAA box office at 928-445-3286.

Mr. Sutton's show is unlike other one-man Twain shows in two ways: he includes period music, (including sing-a-longs) playing the instruments that Twain actually played (mainly banjo), and brings a unique perspective by performing more as Samuel Clemens (a reference to the fact of Twain's real name) illustrating how Clemens used his alter-ego, Mark Twain, to better convey his writing when engaged as a public speaker.

Mr. Sutton's warmhearted show is appropriate for the entire family, and especially for anyone who loves the works of Mark Twain. He has performed as a speaker, trainer, musician and entertainer for 30 years. He has performed "An Evening with Mark Twain" nationally, pleasing audiences with Twains hilarious witticisms, wisdom and love for music, for the past decade. Mr. Sutton has appeared in the movies, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Night Shadows.

Act I focuses mostly on the author's reminiscences of his early life, punctuated with folksy old songs such as "Down in the Valley and "Old Time Religion" The audience is invited to sing along. Then, Twain's storytelling style is turned into a theatrical enactment of the "Grandfather's Old Ram" story (from "Roughing It") as told by a character called Jim Blaine.

Act II contains a dramatized segment from "Huckleberry Finn," during which Sutton switches from being Twain to channeling Huck as well as the boy's drunken, no-good father. This is followed by the evening's funniest tale on how the 70-year-old Twain tried to learn to ride a bicycle - mostly by falling off it in many different ways.