This script-in-hand reading depicts the influence of Abraham Lincoln on three poets of Illinois. The lives and careers of Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, and Carl Sandburg are interwoven onstage with an ensemble of players taking a variety of roles. The show, written by U of I Professor Emeritus John Ahart , was originally staged 20 years ago for The Great American People Show at Lincoln’s New Salem State Park near Springfield and featured a cast of actors that included students who would go on to develop impressive professional careers. This play returns to the stage as the bicentennial year of Lincoln’s birth approaches.

Thursday, July 17 at 7:30pm; Friday, July 18 at 7:30pm; Saturday, July 19 at 7:30pm, Thursday, July 24 at 7:30pm; Friday, July 25 at 7:30pm; Saturday, July 26 at 7:30pm

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