Open Book Players will present its spring production of “The World of Carl Sandburg” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St., in Gardiner.

Sandburg’s works, adapted by Norman Corwin, was first performed by Bette Davis and Lief Erickson, and a host of others in New York and on tour including Gary Merrill and Clarke Allen. The best of the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s verse, including some previously unpublished works and prose, as well as parts from the biography of Lincoln create a mosaic sample of this talented writer’s literary contributions, and the performance is interspersed with American folk songs from his Songbag.

Cast members of "The World of Carl Sandburg," from left, are Arthur Bourget, Kathy Kauffman, Cindy Turcotte, Ginger Smith, Frank Omar, David Moisan, Bill Haley, Christine Heckman, and Connie LaFlamme. Contributed photo

The cast includes: Frank Omar and Bill Haley, both of Hallowell; Arthur Bourget, David Moisan and Constance LaFlamme, all of Gardiner; Christine Heckman, of Monmouth; Cindy Turcotte, of Bowdoin; Ginger Smith, of Winthrop; and Kathy Kauffman, of Auburn. Music is provided by Robert Giroux, of Belgrade, and Curt Jack, of Lewiston.

Tickets cost $8 for adults or $5 for youth. Tickets are available at Johnson Hall’s Box Office from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at 582-7144 or visit johnsonhall.org.

For more information, email Lucy Rioux, artistic director, at lucyrioux@gmail.com.

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