20th century African American artist “Uncle Jimmy” Clemens, who died poor and alone, has left behind an enormous body of work for which he was never recognized.  Uncle Jimmy’s paintings, sculptures and collected artifacts constitute Uncle Jimmy’s life’s work: a radical retelling of Huckleberry Finn which he referred to as “The Illuminated Twain.”  Uncle Jimmy’s widow, Edna Finn, has curated and installed the definitive collection of her late husband’s work to share with the public.  And tonight her show will be visited by Uncle Jimmy’s estranged son, James.  

Written in collaboration with visual artist Wardell Milan, Master exists between the language of theater and the silence of art as it confronts the inadequacies of our American stories head-on, and imagines another kind of freedom.