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H: Hamilton or Honour

A one-person play that weaves together the writings, speeches, and biography of Alexander Hamilton. Set at his Harlem home in the waning hours prior to his fateful duel with Vice President Aaron Burr, the play places this Founding Father's life in the context of a tragic hero who rose from poverty and being the bastard child of a woman imprisoned for prostitution, to become one of the most influential figures in American history: a Revolutionary War hero, General and President Washington's principal aide and speechwriter, author and "salesman" of the Constitution and Federalist Papers, and the first Secretary of the Treasury who created much of the nation's financial system. Yet his triumphs and zealous pursuit of his political philosophy and ambitions secured him many enemies. One of his many extramarital affairs would be used by his enemies as an avenue to his impeachment from office. His ultimate downfall left unfulfilled his highest aspiration of the Presidency, and ultimately cost him his life. A historical life that ended nearly two hundred years ago, H shows a life incredibly pertinent to the current day: from sex scandals to impeachment, gays in the military to race politics, the nation's debt burden to tax plan scares, political "spin" to disputed Presidential elections.

Written and Performed by:
MARK ROBERT GORDON

MARK ROBERT GORDON is the Founding Artistic/Executive Director of Off-Broadway's Do Gooder Productions. He is currently developing WinterStock Arizona, an annual festival of new plays produced by theater companies from across the nation. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway shows and Broadway workshops and been a critically-acclaimed player on New York's theater scene for the better part of the past decade, where he has collaborated on stage with notables Lee Meriwether, Mary Wilson, Rosemary Prinz, Gil Rogers, Sylvia Miles, Len Lesser, Marvin Kaplan, Eve Plumb, Charlene Tilton, and Michael Rupert. Gordon has produced eight Off-Broadway plays, directed stagings at several Off-Broadway venues (and will direct the Off-Broadway premiere of Karla Jennings' new play Dish Babies for Do Gooder this season), and is the author of five plays: H: Hamilton or Honour, My Soul is Mine: A Runaway's Story (Off-Broadway-1995), Did You Evuh?, Nevuh!, and R'fua: Healing (slated for Off-Broadway production next season). He wrote the screenplay adaptation of the stage hit 2 1/2 Jews and is the lead writer and co-creator of "Next Case!", a new TV sitcom (a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional syndicated TV judge show and the relationship between a meddling mother and her independence-seeking son). Two years after his acting career was interrupted by a car-pedestrian accident, he made his return to the stage in 2001 with the national production of Alan Brandt's Off-Broadway smash 2 1/2 Jews and is slated to reprise his performance in the anticipated Broadway production and film adaptation of the play. A product of Phoenix's public schools, he holds degrees from Princeton University, Columbia Law School, and Harvard's JFK School of Government.