THOREAU AND EINSTEIN: Two Mystics Who Changed the World

A Theatrical Reading Performance Piece by Connie Baxter Marlow. Thoreau Annual Gathering 2013. This is a scholarly piece done in a light-hearted manner. All of the dialogue expressed by Einstein and Thoreau are direct quotations. Sources are noted. The underlying thesis of this presentation is that every human being is an embodiment of a larger force and has the capacity to connect with that force and through personal choice bring inspired action to pass in everyday life and transform the world as we know it. Talk Show: “Mystics, Alive and Well” Host: Connie Baxter Marlow Guests: Dr. Albert Einstein (Andrew Cameron Bailey) Henry David Thoreau (Richard Smith, Thoreau Impersonator) Connie Baxter Marlow, talk show host of “Mystics, Alive and Well” brings Henry David Thoreau and Dr. Albert Einstein together for the first time in history at the Thoreau Annual Gathering to discuss how mystical experiences had informed their lives and led them to be societal change agents of the