[Imc-birmingham] Seeking Collaborators for Benefit performance of Howard Zinn play in England and Abroad!

[David Agro]

I hope you are the right person, but if you are not please help me get 
this message into the right hands. For nearly 4 years, we have been 
touring Howard Zinn's, one man show, MARX IN SOHO and this summer we 
have plans to bring it to Europe. We are in search of people, 
organizations, community/performance spaces, or theaters interested in 
collaborating with us. We have been fortunate, during our travels, to 
support socially conscious initiatives locally and globally. We have had 
great success using the play to help organizations raise money and 
stimulate community involvement to aid them in achieving their goals. We 
thought you might be interested or might be able to put us in touch with 
others who might be.


I have included some more information about us below. If you have any 
questions, please let us know. And thank you for all the work you do.

Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon!
David

Outreach and Logistical Manager
www.levyarts.com <http://www.levyarts.com>
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For nearly four years we have been touring Howard Zinn's, one man show, 
MARX IN SOHO. Howard Zinn's is most known for his book, A People's 
History, offering an alternative and enlightening perspective of 
American history as well as a great model for examining history in 
general. The play, "Marx in Soho," focuses on Karl Marx, giving the 
audience an intimate encounter with Marx the man and his theories. In 
addition to being both entertaining and enlightening, it urges people to 
get involved, which is why we are more than willing to collaborate; 
using the performance as a benefit for a cause!

Jerry Levy, who plays Karl Marx in the play, comes to the stage with 
years of experience as an actor and director in addition to being a 
professor of sociology
at Marlboro College in Vermont www.marlboro.edu 
<http://www.marlboro.edu> . Since his first performance of “Marx In 
Soho” he has performed Zinn's play in Cafés, Theaters, and classrooms 
across the United State, Canada, and Europe! (check out our website to 
see our previous performances) The show has been a huge success.

In the play, Howard Zinn, humanizes Marx but also sets the stage for 
stimulating dialogue about the relevance of his theories today, making 
it a rewarding and entertaining experience. Often times the audience 
finds the discussions after the performance as rewarding as the actual 
play itself. As Jerry Levy is also a professor, he is often asked to 
lead a discussion after the performance helping connect the themes in 
the play, to those an organization involved in address.

How large is this production? What kind of space will we need? Check out 
the booking section of our website and you will see that this one-man 
show is extremely flexible and lends itself to venues both big and small.

If you're interested at all in holding a benefit performance for your 
organization, or have some ideas who we might want to contact please let 
me know. While right now we are looking to book the performance as a 
benefit for socially conscious causes, we welcome any other ideas you 
might have. We are empowered to do benefits by our other “paying” 
venues. So, if you have a lead on an arts center or theater who we 
should contact about booking us outright please let us know. If you are 
not the right person, but know someone or an organization that might be 
interested, please let me know or just send this message along to them.

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

David
Howard Zinn's "Marx in Soho."
to contact us go to: www.levyarts.com <http://www.levyarts.com> 
<http://www.levyarts.com>