L.A. Theatre Works Presents the World Premiere of The RFK PROJECT: THE JOURNEY TO JUSTICE, 1/21-1/23
By: Aimee Savoth Dec. 28, 2009
L.A. Theatre Works presents the world premiere of THE RFK PROJECT: THE JOURNEY TO JUSTICE at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center in January, 2010.
The 60's in America was a decade of heroes, violence, love, death, progress, and disappointment. What began in 1960 as a decade of hope with the election of John F. Kennedy, ended with America embroiled in an impossible war, her streets filled with riots, and the history changing loss of three important figures. It is a decade often studied, debated, celebrated, and mourned - even a half-century later. And now, as those who lived, governed, and shepherded change during the 60's are passing, L.A. Theater Works presents a major new docudrama focused on Robert Kennedy's personal and political journey. In June 1968, the assassination of senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy stunned the world. Kennedy's death, coming so shortly after the assassination of his colleague Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and only five years after the death of Kennedy's older brother John, left the nation -- regardless of political convictions -- uncertain of the future during the most tumultuous time in American history since the Civil War.
The "RFK Project" chronicles his transformation from discomfort with and indifference towards the Civil Rights Movement to a champion and crusader. His story provides a compelling and dramatic illumination of this crucial decade, enabling a new generation to hear the words, feel the tension, and explore the issues that still resonate today.
The cast includes Henry Clarke (pictured), Philip Casnoff, Kevin Daniels, John Wesley, and Ross Hellwig. This production is directed by John Robinstein.
Tickets range in price from $15-$36 and can be purchsed by calling (574) 631-2800 or visiting www.artseverywhere.com. January 21 and 22 shows are at 7pm and the January 23 show begins at 7:30pm.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is located at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. A 150,000 square foot building with 177 rooms and 384 doors, the Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts has begun to make an impact on life at Notre Dame on the same scale as its size. Carefully designed for both public performance and for teaching and learning, the DeBartolo contains five acoustically isolated individual venues: the Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Concert Hall, the PaTricia George Decio Mainstage Theatre, the Michael Browning Family Cinema, the Regis Philbin Studio Theatre, and the Chris and Anne Reyes Organ and ChorAl Hall. Located on the southern edge of campus, the Performing Arts Center draws the South Bend community onto campus at the same time that it serves the needs of students, faculty, and staff. For more information visit www.performingarts.nd.edu.
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