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| For Immediate Release: April 13, 2009 |
Contact: Phil Funkenbusch (217) 785-6085 |
"One Destiny" performances continue during May at Presidential Museum Springfield, IL — The acclaimed new drama “One Destiny” will continue at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum with performances during May. The play is staged in the museum's Union Theatre, and tickets are free with paid museum admission. The show will be performed Saturday, May 2; Thursday, May 7; Friday, May 8; Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10; Tuesday, May 12; Saturday, May 16; Thursday, May 21; Friday, May 22; Tuesday, May 26; and Friday, May 29. Show times are 1:30 p.m. each day except for May 16 and May 21, which have 11 a.m. show times; and the Mother's Day show time on Sunday, May 10 is 2 p.m. Richard Hellesen's play, which originated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, takes place in the days after the assassination of President Lincoln in April 1865. Harry Hawk – the actor who was performing onstage when the president was shot – revisits the night of April 14 with Harry Ford, the theatre's manager. Two actors, Terry Jones and Ed MacMurdo, play several characters during the course of the 35-minute performance. For more information about programs and performances at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, visit www.presidentlincoln.org. ###
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