Hal Holbrook will return to his prep boarding school alma mater, the Culver Military Academy, for a performance of his highly-acclaimed one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight" on Sept. 4.

The Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor is a 1942 graduate of the academy. Holbrook attended Culver Military Academy from 1938 until 1942. The last time Hal Holbrook performed Mark Twain Tonight at Culver was in 1962. This marked his first appearance in Eppley Auditorium, which was completed in 1959.

Speaking about Culver Military Academy, Holbrook has said  "There are places on this campus where I have lived and died ... and out of that I got me."

The opening production of Culver Academies' 2014-15 Huffington Concert Series, the performance will be at 7:30 p.m. in Eppley Auditorium on the campus

In the Fall 2011 issue of Culver Alumni Magazine, Holbrook recalled that at the start of his senior year he needed an easy course with one hour of credit to graduate. A friend told him "there was no homework in dramatics class. That did it. That got me onstage. When I actually went out onstage I realized that people were listening to me for the first time in my life. Really listening. That's when the acting bug bit me."

Holbrook is completing the 60th consecutive year of his legendary solo show, having performed it more than 2,250 times. Holbrook has won several awards for Twain, including the Tony and a special Drama Critics' Circle Award. His 90-minute CBS television special was nominated for an Emmy Award and seen by an audience of 22 million. 

Holbrook was Culver's first Man of the Year in 1967-68 and was inducted into the Academies' Arts & Letters Hall of Fame in November 2004. He also returned to campus in 2002, speaking to an all-school assembly. In 2010, he released the first volume of his autobiography Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain.

A limited number of tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis by calling (574) 842-7058(574) 842-7058.

Culver Academies is a boarding school offering a college-preparatory curriculum for boys and girls in grades nine through 12 that is located on Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Ind. It was founded in 1894.

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