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Worcester Senior Center is located at 128 Provid ence Street\, Worcester\, MA.

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Worcester Senior Center is located at 128 Providence Street\, Worcester\, MA.

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The performance opens with the elderly Whi tman on the evening of his seventieth birthday. The audience is a visitor in his room as he prepares for his birthday celebration. Whitman begins to reminisce and to question his success as a man and a poet. He tells us hi s work has proved to be &ldquo\;less than a failure&hellip\;.&rdquo\; He r emembers a mystical experience he had in his thirty-seventh year that insp ired him to write poetry.

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During the telling\, Whitman transforms into his young vibrant self and we begin to trace back along with him the experiences that led to the creation of Leaves Of Grass\, his lifetime wor k. The first part of the performance explores Whitman&rsquo\;s preoccupati on with the self and his resolve to write with &ldquo\;free and brave thou ght&hellip\;&rdquo\; We revel with him as he celebrates his body and himse lf and are confidants as he shares his struggle with his sexual self.

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In the second part of the performance\, Whitman&rsquo\;s life is chang ed forever by the occurrence of the Civil War. It is here that he finds &l dquo\;&hellip\; the most important work of my life&hellip\;&rdquo\; nursin g the wounded soldiers in the hospitals. Through poetry and readings of ac tual letters\, we experience Whitman&rsquo\;s movement from selfishness an d selflessness and his growth into a mature artist who is at peace about & ldquo\;himself\, God and death.&rdquo\;

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