“Twain by Two” – Minerva Community Charitable Fund fundraiser dinner

You are cordially invited to attend a very unique fundraising event on April 12, 2025.  The Minerva Community Charitable Fund has invited Mark Twain to come and share about his life and writings in the intimate setting of the Roxy Theater, 114 N Market St.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m. when a selection of heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts from local restaurants will be served with the performance starting at 7 pm.  Tickets for the event are $50 per person or $75 per couple.

The Largely Literary Theater Company co-founders Mark Dawidziak and Sara Showman will present Twain By Two, a two-act collection of material by Mark Twain.  Dawidziak, an internationally recognized Mark Twain scholar,  has been portraying the iconic American author on stage for 46 years. Sara Showman plays pretty much everybody else in the show that features excerpts from Huckleberry Finn and Eve’s Diary. There also are selections on politics and “Curing a Cold.”

Dawidziak and Showman have taken their Twain show to such venues as the Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio, the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, the Center for Mark Twain Studies in Elmira, New York, and the historic Barter Theatre in Abgindon, Virginia.

The Minerva Community Charitable Fund was established in 2004 when a group of Minerva residents gathered to find a way for past, current, and future residents of the Minerva area to give assets that would benefit the greater good of all the Minerva community. The result of that gathering was the establishment of The Minerva Community Charitable Fund, an Organization Endowment Fund at Stark Community Foundation.

Since its inception, MCCF has helped provide nearly $200,000 to more than 20 organizations in the Minerva area. The Minerva Community Charitable Fund, is an Organization Endowment Fund at Stark Community Foundation with assets in excess of $222,000.