“INGERSOLL SPEAKS – AGAIN!”
INGERSOLL SPEAKS - AGAIN!
BY POPULAR DEMAND – AN EXTENDED ENCORE PRODUCTION OF
“INGERSOLL SPEAKS!” FROM HF 2017
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899)
THE GREATEST AMERICAN YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF.
The most influential intellectual in American history; a tireless activist, Ingersoll supported equal rights for minorities, called for women to be given the vote, supplied the inspiration for the birth control pill, prevailed over the nation’s blasphemy laws and was the father of
America’s Golden Age of Freethought.
He was also the most intrepid adversary religion ever faced,
earning him the nickname: “The Great Satan!”
“The future historian will rank Robert G. Ingersoll peerless among the great…”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“The name Robert Ingersoll is in the pantheon of the world.”
Eugene Debs
“I have but known two truly great men; Abraham Lincoln and Robert Ingersoll.”
Frederick Douglass.
Adapted and performed by Ernest Kearney
Directed by Dennis Gersten
Produced by David Narine & Marlene Kearney
REVIEWS FROM LAST YEAR’S “INGERSOLL SPEAKS!”
“Go if you dare and tremble because it is not an old philosopher but a passionate advocate for freedom and justice and, yes, compassion on that stage.”
“…a passionate writer/performer…”
“A fun, informative and greatly theatrical evening. Recommended!”
“I loved the originality, authenticity, relevancy and resurrection of using public speaking from a man who lived over a hundred years ago. It is shockingly applicable for current political woes.”
“My goodness I enjoyed this show. A beautiful and inspiring solo piece about an American patriot and thinker who’s been virtually ignored by history, yet whose words and advice on saving our democracy are powerful and necessary even today. So well performed by Ernest Kearney.”
“An hour that went by in a moment. Wonderfully conceived, thoroughly compelling and illuminating. Too short!”
“Should be called INGERSOLL ROCKS!”
ERNEST KEARNEY (Writer & Director)
As an actor he has played a wide variety of parts including every role in “Hamlet” not requiring a falsetto voice (he was the “Gravedigger” of his generation). He’s a two time finalist in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition three times. His oft produced “The Little Boy Who Loved Monsters” was awarded East Germany’s Kunstler Preis for a staging directed by Rainer Fassbinder, his other plays include “Urned Happiness” (Dramalogue Award), “Peddle” (Best New Play – Midwest Theatre Network Competition), “The Salt Prince” (honored by the Nathan Miller History Play Contest), His work has been staged at, to name a few, Berlin’s Black Theatre, Ashland, Oregon’s NPT, and in Los Angeles the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Moving Arts, Theater/Theatre and the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre. He is the cultural critic for The TVolution.com, and was designated by Bitter Lemons as one of Los Angeles’ top 16 theatre critics.
Sunday June 3rd – 4:00 Sunday June 10th – 7:30 Saturday June 16th – 1:30
Thursday June 21 th – 8:30 Saturday June 23rd – 1:30
ASYLUM@STUDIO C 6448 Santa Monica Blvd. (West of Vine in Hollywood)
TICKETS: $12 Rsvp: http://hff:18.org/5062
Contact: Marlene Kearney (310) 625-6517 [email protected]
