Local performer John O’Connor stars in this one-person play written by Herbert Mitgang. The show relies heavily on Lincoln’s own words and, according to the Hoogland Center, “features the folksy wisdom of Lincoln’s biography and the transcendent grandeur of his nation-healing words as president, healing that was cut short by an assassin’s bullet.” Mitgang is a New York Times reporter and author, playwright and TV news producer. O’Connor, an Illinois political reporter for The Associated Press, has portrayed the 16th president before and is a veteran of many local theater productions. Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for seniors over 60 and students.
Mr. Lincoln
Fri-Sat., April 25-26, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 27, 4 p.m.
Hoogland Center for the Arts, Peggy Ryder Theatre
217-523-2787
hcfta.org