Center director Paul Rasor will present the one-man play “Clarence Darrow,” by David W. Rintels, based on the Irving Stone biography Clarence Darrow for the Defense. Lawyer Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) was one of the most controversial and courageous defenders of justice in American history. The drama follows Darrow as he reflects on his life and career, including his support for the labor movement and his defense of unpopular clients such as Darwinist John T. Scopes and notorious thrill killers Leopold and Loeb, and re-enacts some of Darrow's impassioned pleas to the juries of his most renowned court cases.
The play will be performed April 12 through 15, 2007, in Hofheimer Theater at Virginia Wesleyan College. For reservations, call the Theater at 757-455-3381.