Clarence Darrow Play At Walzer Jewish Center

SOUTHBURY — Actor Richard Clark will appear as the attorney Clarence Darrow in a one-man show on Tuesday, May 17, at 1 pm, at the Walzer Family Jewish Community Campus, 444 Main Street North.

The play features intense courtroom drama and comic relief as it highlights the life and times of Clarence Darrow, the attorney extraordinaire and defender of the downtrodden and the damned. From his youthful innocence in small town Ohio to the embattled national stage of the “Scopes Monkey Trial” and Leopold and Loeb courtrooms, the play is a roller coaster ride into the heart and mind of a complex American hero.

Richard Clark has spent recent years working professionally in New York theatre and on television. His film credits include The Kennedys of Massachusetts, and he has appeared on television in Guiding Light, As the World Turns and Saturday Night Live.

The Boylston, Mass., resident has also appeared in many regional theaters including major roles in Inherit the Wind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Foreigner and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The play follows the noontime Love & Knishes lunch program sponsored by the Federation- Jewish Communities of Western CT. The food is freshly prepared each week by Chef Nancy Stokes and features healthful, delicious menus with everything from salad to dessert. Lunch reservations should be made by Friday for the following week.

All programs are open to the public, and there is a suggested donation of $5.50. To RSVP, call Debby Horowitz, Brownstein Jewish Family Service Program Director, at 267-3177 extension 105.