Marx in Soho Benefit raises over $300 for KFTC!

The Balagula Theater company in Lexington approached KFTC a couple of months ago about a fundraising opportunity for local community organizations. If we promoted their production of the play Marx in Soho, we would benefit from the tickets sold on the nigh of our choice. Members were excited about the opportunity to not only raise money for our work but to promote an amazing play written by Howard Zinn.

about the play

Marx is back! The premise of this witty and insightful "play on history" is that Karl Marx has agitated with the authorities of the afterlife for a chance to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error, though, Marx is sent to Soho in New York, rather than his old stomping ground in London, to make his case.

Howard Zinn, best known for his book, 'A Peoples History of the United States', introduces us to Marx's wife, Jenny, his children, the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, and a host of other characters.

KFTC promoted the event and the turnout was fantastic, especially considering that it was the last night of the play. There were so many folks there that people had to sit in folding chairs in the back of the restaurant. We raised $306 for KFTC and developed a relationship with a local theatre company.