Brewery Arts CenterMark Twain and Julia Bulette: Together Again Mark Twain Days

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. Clemens was praised as the greatest humorist the United States has produced, with William Faulkner calling him “the father of American literature”. Twain’s novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as Roughing It.

After thirty-five years of school lectures and performances across the globe, McAvoy Layne retired from performing as Mark Twain in 2023, however he continues to find reasons to dust off the white suit for a good cause and a good time.

 

Kim Harris is an accomplished Chautauquan who has portrayed living history characters at various
venues including Genoa Western Heritage Days, Pipers Opera House, the Gold Hill Hotel, the Odeon
Saloon, Dangberg Historic Park and The Lake Tahoe Chautauqua Festival.
Harris currently serves as Events and Education Manager at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in
Minden, NV, and is the owner and operator of Western History ALIVE! where she portrays several
Chautauqua characters including Calamity Jane, Lizzie Borden and Libbie Bacon Custer.

Julia C. Bulette was perhaps Virginia City’s most infamous “working girl”, as well as a cherished member of Virginia Company #1’s volunteer fire department. In her own words, Julia will share with her audience, a world so often misunderstood, with dignity and insight. She will tell of her most exciting life in which she was welcomed at society venues such as Maguire’s Opera House, yet shunned on the street by the local women citizens. And, she will recount her scandalous murder and what became of the man blamed for it.