Vintage Theatre Remounts RFK - A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT KENNEDY, Now thru 6/23

Vintage Theatre presents RFK - A Portrait of Robert Kennedy by Jack Holmes, starring James O'Hagan Murphy and directed by Terry Dodd, tonight, May 31 - June 23 at the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre.

RFK - A Portrait of Robert Kennedy was a run-away hit for Vintage Theatre Productions in January of this year, and overwhelming demand required that the show extend through February. This critically acclaimed show now returns for a four-week run at the Aurora Fox Arts Center.

This tour-de-force one-man show breathes new life into the back-story of the Kennedy family. RFK creates a very human portrait of a politician and revisits some of the darker moments in U.S. History. Author Jack Holmes expands the well-known facts of a politician's life into a stirring metaphor for the struggle to believe in our government and our leaders.

"RFK - A Portrait of Robert Kennedy," starring James O'Hagan Murphy, returns May 31 through June 23 in the Studio Theatre at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora 80010. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 ($20 advance), Senior, Student, Group discounts available. Tickets ($25; $20 advance) are available by calling 303-856-7830 or online at www.vintagetheatre.com.

By late summer, 1964, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was a deeply wounded man. Still in shock and consumed with grief and guilt over the assassination of his older brother, President John F. Kennedy, on November 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, he was at a crossroads. The 1964 presidential election was approaching and President LynDon Johnson, who had been dangling the possibility of a vice-presidential role to RFK, finally called Kennedy over to the White House to tell him his decision. The result of that meeting and the subsequent direction for the next, and last, four years of Robert Kennedy's life are the focus of this play.

Jack Holmes is an actor, playwright, screenwriter, composer and pianist. He is the author of the solo play "RFK" in which he portrayed the late Robert F. Kennedy. His New York Off-Broadway performance earned him a nomination by The Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Solo Performance, as well as a nomination by the Drama League for Distinguished Performance. He was also nominated for Best Solo Performance In a Large Theater by the Independent Reviewers of New England for his performance in Boston.

Pictured: James O'Hagan Murphy as RFK. Photo Credit: Ellen Nelson.

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