Monticello - A Play in Two Acts

09/11/2017

Hi everyone, thanks for coming out to see the play last month. We put the script up on our website if you want to have a look. Also, if you know a library, theater, university class or other group that might be interested in a staged reading, please shoot us a note. Thanks so much!

Monticello has its premise in a historical fact: Thomas Jefferson did invite students from the University of Virginia to dine with him at Monticello. In 1826, the last year of Jefferson's life, Edgar Allan Poe showed up at the school. The official Monticello web site speculates that Jefferson and Po...

09/01/2017

Last call to see Monticello. Hope to see you this weekend.

A dying Thomas Jefferson, his estate in debt and his family in chaos, is confronted with a grim choice: Appease the wealthy interests of the young country by affirming that the Declaration of Independence does not apply to slaves, or cement his legacy and the freedom of generations of black American...

08/29/2017

It's a shame that in this time of Trump, all the buzz about "Resistance" pumps up Orwell: it's Orwell everywhere. After all, even Naomi Klein does not

08/28/2017

We are in our final week. Come out and see a play this Labor Day weekend!

A dying Thomas Jefferson, his estate in debt and his family in chaos, is confronted with a grim choice: Appease the wealthy interests of the young country by affirming that the Declaration of Independence does not apply to slaves, or cement his legacy and the freedom of generations of black American...

08/28/2017

In case you missed it last week...

Famed labor attorney and playwright Thomas Geoghegan joins Justin to discuss his new play, "Monticello," which runs through the first weekend in September. Thomas talks about why he chose to write about Thomas Jefferson, the process of putting his words on the stage, the contradictions in Jefferson'...

08/28/2017

Did you hear Tom on WBEZ last week? Great conversation on how Jefferson was the original leader of the . Click below to hear the interview, then go get tickets to the FINAL weekend's show at monticellotheplay.com.

Playwright Tom Geoghegan talks about his play, 'Monticello' — a hypothetical meeting between Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Jefferson.

08/25/2017

Thank you Justin Kaufmann for talking with Thomas Geoghegan Tom Geoghegan about Monticello on WGN Radio . What a great conversation!

Famed labor attorney and playwright Thomas Geoghegan joins Justin to discuss his new play, "Monticello," which runs through the first weekend in September. Thomas talks about why he chose to write about Thomas Jefferson, the process of putting his words on the stage, the contradictions in Jefferson'...

08/17/2017

Good afternoon, everyone. Just a quick reminder that we still have seats available for tonight's show. Come on out and join us!

A dying Thomas Jefferson, his estate in debt and his family in chaos, is confronted with a grim choice: Appease the wealthy interests of the young country by affirming that the Declaration of Independence does not apply to slaves, or cement his legacy and the freedom of generations of black American...

08/17/2017

“You know that nobody wishes more ardently to see an abolition not only of the trade but of the condition of slavery: and certainly nobody will be more willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object.” -Thomas Jefferson to Brissot de Warville, February 11, 1788

08/17/2017

The Smithsonian website has good information on Jefferson and the paradox of liberty.

08/17/2017

Another nice write-up, this time from Windy City Times. BTW the pens were an intentional anachronism :).

Playwright: Thomas Geoghegan. At: Aurora Theater Works at the St. Bonaventure Oratory, 1625 N. Ashland Ave. Tickets: $20. Runs through: Sept. 3

08/16/2017

https://twitter.com/CurtisSChin/status/896325250761113600

“Words from the that I know. ”