About the play:

Ulysses Grant and Mark Twain are superstars of the Gilded Age. Grant has just been swindled in a Ponzi scheme, suddenly bankrupt and humiliated. His only chance to save his honor and his family is to write his memoirs. Twain takes on mounting debt and his own career teeters in his determination to save his hero by publishing the book himself. With his work half finished, Grant is stricken with cancer and faces a stunning betrayal close to home. He wills himself to stay alive to win his last battle, while his pen races and the world watches.

“I discovered this story a decade ago and I fell in love with these two men. They are American heroes — original, daring and honorable. I have worked since then to faithfully capture the drama of what happened between them.” – Elizabeth Diggs, playwright, Winner of an EdGerton Award for New American Plays.

Additional performance added due to overwhelming demand.  This play reading has a powerhouse cast in the lead roles:

David Strathairn as Ulysses Grant

Jill Eikenberry as Julia Grant

Tony Shalhoub as Mark Twain

Directed by James Glossman

$75 reservations are donations to the museum. The play reading takes place in the Museum Center Auditorium.