"Twain for the Twainiacs" featuring Ken Church - FREE Fall Fest Event

“Twain for the Twainiacs” featuring Ken Church
FREE Fall Fest Event
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00AM and 1:00PM
Presented by the Brown Grand Opera House

On Saturday September 27, 2025 the Brown Grand Opera House will present Leavenworth, Kansas actor Ken Church in “Twain for Twainiacs.”

Ken Church is a seventy-three year-old retired English, Speech, and Drama teacher who taught in Kansas schools for forty-one years. Church’s first teaching job was in Concordia in 1974. Church will present two forty-five minute performances during Fall Fest. The first will take place at 11:00AM – following the parade and the second performance will be at 1:00PM. There will be a time for questions and discussion after each performance. It will be the fourth time Ken Church has performed as Mark Twain on the historic stage at The Brown Grand Opera House. Church’s last performance there was nine years ago when he gave a performance for The Cook Lecture Series.

Ken Church has been performing as Mark Twain since 1972. One might say that I have ‘aged into the part!’” Church says. Ken Church first performed his show at The University of Kansas at Stephenson Scholarship Hall for a political fundraiser in October 1972. Originally, the show was called “A Mark Twain Portrait.” Of his show, Church says: “My goal is to do all I can to allow each listener to feel as though Mark Twain is speaking just to him or her.” The question and answer session at the conclusion of the presentation is an opportunity for audience members to pose questions to the performer or to the character.

These two performances are free, but donations will be welcome to help support the Brown Grand’s Capital Campaign, “Giving Voice to the Past, Illuminating the Future.” The Brown Grand will also have a booth with information about the theatre in front of the building during Fall Fest. Come see us and join in the fun!

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