Berger Park Cultural Ctr
L. Frank Baum and "The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain" are a pair of approximately half-hour one-man plays presenting the perspectives of two very different American writers from the era during which The Gunder Mansion in Berger Park was built. The author of an extensive series of "Oz" novels, L. Frank Baum was a Chicago resident (at the corner of Wabansia and Humboldt Boulevard), a newspaper reporter, and an entrepreneur in many diverse and enterprising fields. In this play, Ray Wohl embodies Baum's richly diverse personality during a performance that offers comments and insights which are unique to the writer's highly individual point of view. "The Gospel according to Mark . . . Twain"" provides a perspective from the author of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "regarding the deity that the usual commentators upon this topic have neglected to convey." Composed, comprised, and edited by Jeff Helgeson, this one person show offers an excursion into the thoughts of Mark Twain as expressed in such works as The Mysterious Stranger and Letters From The Earth, as well as many of his famous personal observations. This event is hosted by the Berger Park Advisory Council.
