Mark Twain's
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
at New Mexico Actors Lab
Thursday • February 9 • 7:30 PM
New Mexico Actors Lab • 1213 Parkway Drive • Santa Fe
Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross return to New Mexico Actors Lab for another Valentine week benefit, this time performing an adaptation by David Birney of Mark Twain’s Diaries of Adam and Eve. The late actor David Birney (Meredith Baxter’s former husband) combined Eve’s Diary with an earlier piece by Twain called Extracts from Adam’s Diary into the endearing The Diaries of Adam and Eve, which serves as a pleasurable reminder of Twain’s storytelling genius and how much fun it is to hear his words aloud. Gross and Baxter will portray the universe’s first couple as Twain envisioned them: Eve is wiser, smarter and more eager for a relationship than Adam, who is exasperated by Eve’s relentless chatter. NMAL Managing Director Robert Benedetti will direct the production and hold a Q/A session after the show.