ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Theater is bringing the "Robert Frost: This Verse Business," starring Gordon Clapp, to the Berkshires on June 1 and 2. 

 

It's a one-man exploration of the poet: his life, his poetry, his decisions, his regrets, and his writing. 

 

According to a press release, Emmy winner (NYPD Blue), IRNE winner (Man in the Ring), and Tony nominee Clapp has been lauded for the way he embodies Frost's "flinty old poet" vibes. 

 

Clapp read Robert Frost's biographies shortly after graduating from Williams College in 1971.

 

"I'd always been obsessed with his poetry. And I decided I'm going to bring this guy to the stage," he told Vermont Public Radio in 2023. "But it took me another 30 years to get around to it."

 

Clapp has now played Frost more than 130 times; playwright A.M. Dolan, who has acted with regional and summer theatres across the country, earned a "Best New Play" award for "This Verse Business" at the Eventide Arts Festival in 2010, and  "Best Production" at the United Solo Play Festival in NYC in 2013. Clapp has returned to Frost even while taking on other roles in theater and TV. 

 

Reserve tickets at www.adamstheater.org/present.