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The Play

the solo performance play about Director / Drama Critic / Author of "The Fervent Years" Co-Founder of The Group Theatre HAROLD CLURMAN

Written and Performed by  RONALD RAND

Directed by  GREGORY ABELS

About the play “LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion”

The moment Ronald Rand takes the stage as Harold Clurman in his solo performance, LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion, embodying Harold Clurman, through voice, gesture and size, we are immediately thrust into a world of boundless passion for the theatre, and taken on a inspiring journey that lingers within our consciousness for a very long time.

Mr. Rand as writer and performer captures the essence of who Harold Clurman was and what he stood for. His creation instills in the audience an unforgettable experience of passion, courage and inspiration.

We follow Harold Clurman from his beginnings on the Lower East Side, through his education at the Sorbonne in Paris with Aaron Copland as his roommate, his initiation into the theatre through The Provincetown Players and The Theatre Guild, his friendship with Lee Strasberg, and their decision with Cheryl Crawford, to found The Group Theatre, as well as his relationships with Stella Adler, Alfred Stieglitz, Marlon Brando and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, among several others.

LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion, starring Ronald Rand is a dramatic journey of humor, boldness and fervor, of the man heralded as "the elder statesman of the American Theatre." An experience you don't want to miss!

LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion IS A SPONSORED PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS.

upcoming venues under discussion:

Beijing Institute of World theatre and Film, Beijing, China
International Solo Play Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
Westover School, Westover, Connecticut
Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, Arizona
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 

“LET IT BE ART!”
Harold Clurman's Life of Passion”

was just seen at :

5th Annual Del MerCoSur Interior
“Althuapua De Cioppo” International Festival,
Paysundu, Uruguay
The Kafka Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
Martin E. Segal Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City

call 917-622-5365 or email to RonaldRand@ClurmanThePlay.com for latest information