Marx in Soho: A Play by Howard Zinn
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Marx in Soho
A play by Howard Zinn Performed by Brian Jones
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Webb Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology
Street: 90 Lomb Memorial Dr.
City/Town: Rochester, NY
Tickets can be purchased by phone (585-758-6942) or stop by the Antiwar Storefront Friday 5pm - 8pm. Tickets are first come, first serve and they are filling up fast!
$7 General Admission
$5 with valid student ID
$10 at the door
Call our box office: 585-758-6942
What is Marx in Soho?
"Don't you wonder: why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?"
Marx is back! The premise of this witty and insightful "play on history" is that Karl Marx has agitated with the authorities of the afterlife for a chance to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error, though, Marx is sent to Soho in New York, rather than his old stomping ground in London, to make his case.
Howard Zinn, best known for his book, 'A Peoples History of the United States', introduces us to Marx's wife, Jenny, his children, the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, and a host of other characters.
Brian Jones, an African American actor and activist, has been performing this engaging one-man show across the country since 1999.
Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life, his analysis of society, and his passion for radical change. Zinn also shows how relevant Marx's ideas are for today's world.
about Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn is professor emeritus at Boston University. He is the author of the classic 'A People's History of the United States'. Zinn recently received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Eugene V. Debs award for his writing and political activism. Zinn and Anthony Arnove recently published an anthology of primary documents to serve as a companion to 'People's History', under the title, 'Voices of a People's History of the United States'. Zinn grew up in Brooklyn and worked in shipyards before serving as an Air Force bombardier in World War II. Zinn was chair of the History Department at Spelman College, where he actively participated in the civil rights movement, before taking a position at Boston University. He now lives with his wife, Roslyn, in Massachusetts and lectures widely on history and contemporary politics.
about Brian Jones
Brian Jones is a teacher, actor and activist in New York City. His commentary and writing have been featured on GritTV, SleptOn.com, SocialistWorker.org, and in the International Socialist Review. Jones has also lent his voice to several audiobooks, including Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival, Voices of a People's History of the United States, and Howard Zinn's one-man play, Marx in Soho (forthcoming from Haymarket Books).
check out Brian's column on SocialistWorker.org!
http://www.MarxinSoho.com
