What is Adventures of Huckleberry Finn without its original 219 racial epithets? And what is an English classroom without Huck Finn? In both cases, the answer might be “contemporarily appropriate,” “politically correct”—or “censored.” Book-It Repertory Theatre’s upcoming staging of Mark Twain’s classic, however, is decidedly uncensored, and in advance of the production, this interactive, in-depth teaching/performance lecture touches on various approaches to the text: How do you teach it? How do you perform it? And what can we still learn from it? Participants include Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: UNCENSORED Director Jane Jones and Adapter Judd Parkin, Franklin High School teacher David Ehrich, poet and teaching artist Daemond Arrindell (Arts Corp), and Book-It Director of Education Gail Sehlhorst, and features actors Christopher Morson (Huck) and Geoffery Simmons (Jim). Presented by Town Hall as part of its Arts & Culture series with Book-It Repertory Theatre and Elliott Bay Book Company.
HOMEWORK: Read (or reread) chapters I-XI
LEARN MORE: http://book-it.org/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/
7:30-9 p.m.
