A final evening with Mark Twain: Living history with McAvoy Layne and Steve Hale

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Enjoy two Chautauqua performances on the same stage on Friday, July 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater. This program will begin with a 15-20 minute presentation by John "Snowshoe" Thompson, the “Mailman of the Sierra”, and end with Snowshoe introducing Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain.

For the last three decades, Chautauqua performer McAvoy Layne has brought Mark Twain to life on the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater stage. Reportedly a favorite stage for both McAvoy and Mark! If you haven't seen McAvoy as the legendary Twain, this will be your last chance at the amphitheater located at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center.

As the audience experiences Layne's performance as Twain (they really do seem like the same person), the amphitheater allows them to look out over the mountains and the meadows, and see what Twain meant when he said, “The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine. Bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be? It is the same the angels breathe."

John "Snowshoe" Thompson will be portrayed by Chautauqua performer Steve Hale.

For information on additional free Chautauqua performances this summer, see https://comstockcharacters.weebly.com/.

The Lake of the Sky Amphitheater is located at the Taylor Creek Visitor's Center, Visitor Center Road off CA-89 in South Lake Tahoe.

The public is welcome to the free performances, so put the date on your calendar and go support the actors and the Visitor Center.