Ben Franklin: Unplugged 

This performance has been cancelled. Please reach out to boxoffice@shotgunplayers.org if you have already purchased tickets or have any questions.

Written and performed by Josh Kornbluth, in collaboration with David Dower 

Directed by David Dower

One day, looking at himself in the mirror while shaving, Josh came to a shocking realization: he looked like Ben Franklin! This discovery set him on a journey to learn enough about the "First American" to make a one-man show about him. In the process, Josh found out about Ben's disastrous relationship with his son, William, who became the most rabid Loyalist in the Colonies -- and thus his father's bitterest enemy. A historical mystery as well as a raucous family comedy, Ben Franklin: Unplugged takes Josh from Berkeley to New York, and finally to the Benjamin Franklin Papers at Yale University, where the archives reveal some shattering truths.

Sunday, July 30 at 5 PM