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Robert F Kennedy Jr., a Senator from New York, one-time US Attorney General, Presidential candidate, and part of the Kennedy dynasty, has become an icon of modern American liberalism. His assassination at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles on June 5th 1968 shocked the nation and ended a promising political career. Among his various political works, civil rights ranked as his chief issue. RFK, as he was often called, is known to have influenced his older brother, President John F Kennedy to adopt a stronger position in demanding civil rights for African Americans. What was Robert Kennedy’s evolution toward being a champion of civil rights? A political play entitled “RFK: The Journey to Justice” attempts to document that evolution on stage in a behind-the-scenes story that describes Kennedy’s transformative experiences as well as his defeats. Playwrights Murry Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin combed through articles, speech transcriptions and private conversations to uncover the sequence of events that transformed Kennedy from a political player to a true believer in a higher cause. The docudrama presented by LA Theater Works features the characters of Robert F Kennedy, John F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

GUESTS: Actors Henry Clarke (RFK), Philip Casnoff (JFK), Kevin Daniels (MLK)

There will be five performances at the Skirball starting tonight, March 17th:

WHEN:
Wednesday, March 17 at 8 pm
Thursday, March 18 at 8 pm
Friday, March 19 at 8 pm
Saturday, March 20 at 2:30 pm
Sunday, March 21 at 4 pm

WHERE:
L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049

HOW:
L.A. Theatre Works Box Office (310) 827-0889 or www.latw.org

TICKETS:
$20.00 to $48.00