Emmy Award-winning screen and stage actor Anthony Zerbe will perform his nationally acclaimed program, “It’s All Done With Mirrors,” on Friday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the VA Memorial Theatre.His appearance is co-sponsored by ETSU’s Mary B. Martin School of the Arts and the Division of Theatre and Dance.

In what has been called a “theatrical tour de force,” Zerbe provides access to the art and energy of E.E. Cummings, moving chaotically through a parade of characters, accents and word plays and capturing some of Cummings’ favorite subjects: carnival barkers peddling lewdness and imagination, Cambridge ladies staunch in their beliefs and malice, men speaking about war and those loving it, and the writer who finds in the color and terror of the circus the perfect metaphor for his art.

A poet of both joy and satire, Cummings (1894-1962) – along with James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and William Faulkner – was at the forefront of the modern movement in literature.

He manipulated language and typography to offer new ways of presenting poetry on the page.

Zerbe is recognized as one of the country’s most versatile actors, with extensive credits in film, television and theater. His feature films include “The Matrix Reloaded,” “Matrix Revolutions,” “Star Trek Insurrection,” “True Crimes,” “License to Kill,” “The Dead Zone,” “The First Deadly Sin” and more.

Among his series of classic releases are “The Turning Point,” “Rooster Cogburn,” “The Laughing Policeman” and “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.”

Zerbe starred as Teaspoon Hunter in the television series “The Young Riders” and received an Emmy Award for his performance as Lt. K.C. Trench in the popular series “Harry-O” with David Janssen.

Admission is $20 for the general public and $10 for students with ID and seniors over 65.

Memorial Theatre is Building 35 on the campus of the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mountain Home. For tickets, more information, or special assistance for those with disabilities, contact the Martin School of the Arts at 423-439-TKTS (8587) or artsinfo@etsu.edu.

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