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Local playwright Bryan Willis’ thought-provoking one-act play, "Lewis & Clark and the End of the World," will be performed Wednesday, February 22 at 7 p.m. at the Olympia Timberland Library.

Just three years after the Corps of Discovery completed its mission, 35-year-old Meriwether Lewis died in poverty and dishonor. His final hour is one of the more controversial events in early U.S. history, his death usually assumed to be by suicide. Willis’ drama raises other possibilities. The play explores the mind and spirit of the man and his friendship with William Clark.

The play stars Harlequin Productions actors Peter Kappler as Meriwether Lewis and Andrew Gordon as William Clark. Willis wrote "Lewis and Clark and the End of the World" with intimate venues in mind. A set of simple furniture and props evokes the site of Lewis’ death, a remote inn located along Tennessee’s Natchez Trace.

This performance is free of charge, sponsored by the Friends of the Olympia Timberland Library. For more information, please contact the Olympia Timberland Library at (360) 352-0595.

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