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Lee Stetson |
Lee Stetson's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Lee Stetson is well known for his portrayals of America's foremost naturalist and conservationist, John Muir. Lee Stetson's plays include several one-person shows based on the life of the naturalist John Muir, including one based on both Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt. These productions, with Lee Stetson in the title role, have been presented in Yosemite National Park since 1983 to more than a quarter of a million visitors. Additionally, Lee Stetson's John Muir shows have toured throughout the country to universities, parks, museums, wilderness and environmental organizations from Washington D.C. to Hawaii.
An acting tour de force, he flows with the torrent of word pictures, surfacing brief memories of childhood and family life, but always returning to the currents and eddies that make up his love for the wilderness.
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Lee Stetson lectures frequently on the arts and the environment, and spends a considerable portion of his time promoting the performing arts in the national parks.
Lee Stetson's performances, which draw on John Muir's own words, bring America's preeminent conservationist alive. His portrayal of John Muir's life enables the audience to capture the spirit of the celebrated naturalist as he roamed the wilderness of his beloved planet.
More About Lee Stetson . . .
Lee Stetson's career has included founding and managing the Hawai'i Performing Arts Company, being the Artistic Manager of both the Hawai'i Theatre Festival and the Antique Theatre Festival of Idaho, and freelance directing throughout the Northwest and in Los Angeles. As an actor, Lee Stetson has performed more than fifty major roles from Shakespeare to Simon, and his television credits include a dozen episodes of Hawaii 5-0. |
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| Suggested Keynote Programs |
- Conversation With A Tramp; An Evening With John Muir
- John Muir Among The Animals
- The Spirit Of John Muir
- Sarah Hawkins Contemplates a Fourth Husband
- John Wesley Powell - Down The Great Unknown
- John Muir Is Back, and Boy! Is He Ticked Off!
- The Tramp and the Roughrider
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| What People Are Saying |
"The humor, spirit, and message of Muir soar on in this good, honest one-man show. Before seeing Lee Stetson, I didn't think anyone could successfully impersonate John Muir. Last summer in Yosemite, I attended three performances in a row and all were spellbinding. Each night men and women were so affected they wept unashamedly."
- Palo Alto, CA
"This veteran actor makes us believe so deeply in Muir that we too begin thinking of the plants and trees and wildlife as people. Stetson has done as much or more to acquaint Americans with one of its most remarkable sons than Muir himself in all his writings."
- Chico, CA
"Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain, James Whitmore as Will Rodgers, Julie Harris as Emily Dickerson, and now - in keeping with the burgeoning American interest in nature - Lee Stetson as John Muir."
- San Francisco, CA
"His description of his 100 foot climb to the top of a Douglas fir in the midst of a bracing wind storm had his guests collectively gasp, feeling almost as breathless and windblown as the aged storyteller himself."
- Iowa
"Rich in its offering of the love Muir shared with the earth, 'Tramp' is an elegant and inspiring portrayal of America's preeminent conservationist."
- David Brower founder, The Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth |
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