Live theatrical performance Thursday brings John C. Fremont to Nevada State Museum
John C. Fremont, the famed explorer who named, mapped and trekked the Great Basin comes to the Nevada State Museum in Carson City at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24, in a theatrical presentation by Chautauquan Alastair Morley Jaques. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the one-person performance that is part of the monthly Frances Humphrey Lecture series.
Jaques focuses on the life, struggles and adventures of John C. Frémont after his second expedition into the American West. Drawn from Frémont’s published reports, private correspondence and other primary source documents, Jaques said his performance captures the flawed and all too human grandeur of a man who often seemed larger than life.
The show “Finding the Path,” complements the museums’ newest exhibit, “Finding Fremont: Pathfinder of the West,” on display through spring 2015, that portrays Fremont at a critical time in American history, in celebration of Nevada’s 150th anniversary of statehood.
The performer studied theater arts and American Literature at the University of Oregon and Evergreen State College. A resident of Portland, he has appeared in a variety of roles, Shakespearean and contemporary, and as vocal talent for a number of commercials and audio book narrations.
The program is free with regular admission to the museum, $8 for adults and free for members and ages 17 and younger. For more information, contact Deborah Stevenson at dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or (775) 687-4810, ext. 237. The museum is at 600 N. Carson St.
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