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Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight! By Hal Holbrook

The Virginia Theatre

203 West Park Avenue

Champaign, Illinois 61820


(217) 356-9063


Category

Arts & Theater

Hours

October 21, 2025

7:30pm

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Emmy-Award® winning Actor Richard Thomas brings to life "the nation’s one true comic genius" (The New York Times) in Mark Twain Tonight!, written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook.

Join the millions who have cheered for the legendary one-man show bursting with Twain’s "uproariously funny" and "pungently wise" (Time Magazine) humor.

Most recently seen on Broadway in Our Town, on tour as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, on Netflix’s Ozark, and beloved to generations as John-Boy in The Waltons, Richard Thomas is the first and only actor authorized to perform the play since the original.

The show runs for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission.

Mark Twain Tonight! is family-friendly, however we do not recommend attendance for children under 5 years of age.

RICHARD THOMAS 

Richard Thomas won an Emmy Award and received multiple Golden Globe Award nominations for his starring role as "John-Boy" Walton in the television drama The Waltons. He is most recognizable to contemporary television audiences for his roles in the hit series OzarkThe AmericansBillions and the original Stephen King mini-series It.

His feature film performances include The UnforgivableWonder BoysLast SummerRed Sky at Morning, and Taking Woodstock. He has been seen in acclaimed performances on stage including the revival of The Little Foxes, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, Our TownYou Can’t Take it With YouThe Great SocietyRaceDemocracyIncident at Vichy (Drama Desk Award nomination), The Stendhal Syndrome (Lucille Lortel Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), A Naked Girl on the Appian WayAn Enemy of the PeopleTiny AliceThe Front PageThe Fifth of July, innumerable Shakespeare productions, and his professional debut at 8 years old in Sunrise at Campobello. Across the country he has starred in the national tours of The Humans (Elliot Norton Award), Twelve Angry Men, and for three years as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

Richard previously served as the Honorary Chair of the National Corporate Theatre Fund, a position also held by his predecessor Hal Holbrook.

Category

Arts & Theater

Hours

October 21, 2025

7:30pm

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