Actor Lee Stetson will perform “Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir” at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public event will take place in the Hanes Art Center auditorium.
Actor Lee Stetson will perform “Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John Muir” at 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public event will take place in the Hanes Art Center auditorium.
In this one-man show, Stetson will play John Muir, the 19th- and early 20th-century naturalist, author and early advocate of preservation of U.S. wilderness. As Muir, Stetson will transport his audience back to the Old West, recalling Muir’s astonishing adventures in the Sierra Nevada. Stetson’s guests will learn about the roots of American environmental activism while laughing at Muir’s tales and waiting for a big decision from Washington—the outcome of which will always be remembered as the first great battle for environmental integrity.
Stetson has been depicting Muir in shows for 26 years. His play “Conversation with a Tramp” has been presented at Yosemite National Park every summer since 1983. The showing is sponsored by the UNC Institute for the Environment and the UNC Scholars Program.
UNC Institute for the Environment contact: Lindsay Leonard, lindsle@email.unc.edu
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