Theatre Aspen Presents Mark Twain Shouldn't Say Such Things

Name: Theatre Aspen Presents Mark Twain Shouldn't Say Such Things
Start: 2025-09-05T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-05T20:30:00-06:00
Location: Wheeler Opera House

Schedule

Fri Sep 05 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Wheeler Opera House | Aspen, CO

As part of our 6th annual Solo Flights festival, Theatre Aspen presents
Mark Twain Shouldn’t Say Such Things
*Performed at the Wheeler Opera House
Written by Dick Scanlan and Marc Kudisch
Directed by Dick Scanlan
Starring Marc Kudisch
September 5 at 7 PM | September 7 at 4 PM
While on a lecture tour to promote the publication of his new novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain—America’s first stand-up comic—is faced with a crisis when touring partner and friend, southern writer and unexpected progressive George Washington Cable leaves the tour without warning. Forced to use his famous wit and charisma to turn the two-hander into a solo act, Twain must confront his own views on friendship and race… and his ways of expressing those views. If you think you know the Icon, get ready to meet the Man.