Ronald Rand Will Lead LET IT BE ART! at Greece's Lithographeion Theatre in Patras

Goodwill Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand, during his 24th year touring around the world to 26 countries will perform in his celebrated solo play, LET IT BE ART! as Harold Clurman, "the Elder Statesman of the American Theatre," on March 31st at the renowned Lithographeion Theatre in Patras, Greece.

Goodwill Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand recently awarded his fourth Fulbright Award by the State Department and The Fulbright Program as a Fulbright Specialist, will bring his world-renowned performance as Harold Clurman in LET IT BE ART! to the community of Patras, and will also teach his renowned master acting workshop, "Art of Transformation" highlighting Constantin Stanislavski's acting chart, "Method of Physical Actions." for six weeks at the University of Patras' Department of Theatre Studies.

Rand also created a unique Site Specific Interactive Performance, LIVING ROOTS: Who We Are" to be performed by the Department of Theatre Studies Acting Workshop students on April 5th bringing alive individuals who lived in Petras two thousand years ago through the organic process of song and storytelling.

More recently, Rand performed in his internationally-acclaimed solo play at the Act Alone International Theatre Festival in Sudureyri, Iceland, at the Theatre of Changes in the International Festival of Making Theatre in Athens, Greece, Harare's National Theatre in the Kenya International Theatre Festival, and at the Elphistone Theatre in the Colombo International Theatre Festival in Sri Lanka.

Audiences are taken on an inspiring journey the moment Rand enters the stage as Harold Clurman, traveling to New York City, Paris, and Moscow, witnessing the creation of America's greatest acting company, The Group Theatre, meeting many of the most vibrant personalities of the 20th century such as Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Clifford Odets, Aaron Copland, Constantin Stanislavsky, Isadora Duncan, Robert Edmond Jones, Marlon Brando - even Katharine Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

One of America's greatest directors, he co-founded The Group Theatre with Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford. Clurman embodied the passion and fervor of an entire generation! Clurman was the award-winning director of forty of the most important plays in Broadway history, including the original productions of A Member of the Wedding with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters, Bus Stop with Kim Stanley and Elaine Stritch, the national tour of A Streetcar Named Desire with Uta Hagen and Anthony Quinn, A Touch of the Poet with Helen Hayes, Eric Portman, and Kim Stanley, Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing and Golden Boy, Waltz of The Toreadors with Sir Ralph Richardson, Tiger at the Gates with Sir Michael Redgrave, Incident at Vichy with Joseph Wiseman, Hal Holbrook and Roy Scheider. He also directed Marlon Brando in Truckline Cafe. Clurman directed around the world in Japan, London, and Israel, and authored several books including "The Fervent Years" about The Group Theatre, "On Directing," "Ibsen," and his autobiography, "All People are Famous." Clurman's writings can be found in "The Collected Works of Harold Clurman" and "The Soul of the American Actor" Newspaper.

Ronald Rand's LET IT BE ART! has received three critically acclaimed productions Off-Broadway in New York City, and standing ovations on five continents including in Zimbabwe, Belarus, Nepal, South Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Morocco, Thailand, Argentina, Croatia, Colombia, across twenty states, and represented the United States at the World Theatre Olympics in India.

Rand has appeared in over 200 films & TV shows including The Royal Tenenbaums with Bill Murray, In & Out with Kevin Kline, A Marriage: Stieglitz and O’Keefe with Christopher Plummer, Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise, When in Rome with Angelica Huston, Quiz Show with Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield directed by Robert Redford, Homeless with Yoko Ono, The Jerky Boys, Another World, and Saturday Night Live.

Rand is an internationally-acclaimed director, his award-winning production of Murray Schisgal's hit comedy, LUV, starring Zana Marjanovic, lead of Angelina Jolie's film, In the Land of Blood and Honey, receiving an eight year sold-out run at Sarajevo's Chamber Theatre 55, and has traveled across Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, and Montenegro.

Rand is the Librettist of the first opera written about Henrik Ibsen, IBSEN, Founder and Publisher of "The Soul of the American Actor" Newspaper, and author of "Acting Teachers of America," "CREATE!", and "Solo Transformation on Stage".

According to Rand, "I'm honored to come and create a great sharing of friendship and communication between America and Greece, especially when we're faced with continuing crisis every day around the world. Storytelling carries the meaning of our existence and the power of healing. Through the universal language of theater and Harold Clurman's overwhelming passion, audiences become inspired to "live life to the fullest." I'm delighted to be able to share Harold Clurman in LET IT BE ART!"

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