Ian Ruskin came to the packed out Cerritos College Teleconference Center to preform his one man play titled “To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine.”
The play took him one year to complete and had the help of five researchers to make sure he got all of the facts right.
It lasted about an hour and went over the highs and lows of Thomas Paine’s life.
Ruskin felt this play was important to perform because not many people actually knew what Paine actually stood for.
“I really liked what he said. He was a man with highs and lows in his life and as a writer you have to have those. And I really think he is one of the most misunderstood men in American history, ” Ruskin said about Paine.
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