Last Show for "Lefty" Tonight

Sorry for the limited posting lately - I'm fighting off the flu, and so far it's a toss-up as to which one of us is winning.

But I dragged myself to the computer to remind you that tonight is the last performance for Waiting for Lefty at Marshall University. Thanks to Kevin Bannon for the photos you see in this post.

Some background info: in 1935 Waiting for Lefty was the most widely performed play in America — and the most widely banned.

The story begins and ends in a raucous union meeting, but the real event of the Group Theatre’s famous production took place in the theatre itself. "Lefty" changed people’s idea of what theatre was and could be. More than entertainment or even a serious examination of contemporary issues, theatre at its best can be a living embodiment of shared values and aspirations.

In 1935 the Group Theatre proved that in a fragmented society of wounded individuals, theatre can bring people together and make them whole.

Marshall Theatre Alliance takes up the Group’s timeless challenge to make theatre that breathes energy, life, and new hope into us all.

Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odetes will be presented tonight at 8 p.m. at The Playhouse at Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in Huntington.