posted on behalf of Debra Wise and the Underground Railway Theater

Dear Friends,

I want to invite you to an ASL-interpreted production of Marx in Soho this Saturday March 7, 2009 at 4PM.

This delightful play is masterfully acted by Max Wright – winner 2008 Best Actor Elliott Norton award from the Boston Theater critics – and directed by David Wheeler.

The premise of this witty and insightful “play on history” is that Karl Marx has agitated the authorities of the afterlife for a chance to come back to his home in life to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error, though, Marx is sent to Soho in New York, rather than his old stomping ground in London, to make the case that his ideas are still very much alive.

ASL interpretation will be offered by the team of Stephanie Clark, Christopher S. Robinson and Aimee Schiffman-Robinson. The play is followed by a conversation with the playwright, Howard Zinn at 6pm, which will also be interpreted. Zinn will be joined by three community organizers – including Michael Muehe, the Director of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities – who will reflect together with the audience about the ways in which Marx’s ideas are still very relevant today.

I hope you will come to this very special event.

Howard Zinn, best known for his book, A People’s History of the United States, introduces us to Marx’s wife, Jenny, his children, the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, and a host of other characters. Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx’s life, his analysis of society, and his passion for social change.

For tickets: e-mail boxoffice@centralsquaretheater.org or call 617 576 9278 ext 213, or visit our website www.centralsquaretheater.org.
Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $10.

See you at the theater!

Thank you,
Debra Wise
Artistic Director
Underground Railway Theater