Robert E. Lee - Shades Of Gray at Rubicon Theatre

As the play opens, General Lee waits in an empty room. But he is not alone; posterity sits in judgment. Set just moments before Lee's historic surrender to General Grant, this gripping drama places the audience in the jury box as Lee reflects on the extraordinary circumstances of his remarkable life and his place in history. The son of a disgraced Revolutionary War hero, Robert E. Lee overcame his childhood shame to graduate second in his class at West Point. After raising seven children with his wife Mary, who was the great-granddaughter of George Washington, their home Arlington was confiscated by Federal troops and transformed into a national cemetery. As the country split in two, Lee became a Civil War legend throughout the North and South for his military genius and personal integrity. ROBERT E. LEE - SHADES OF GRAY is a spellbinding American journey that transports audiences from the raging battlefields of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg to Wilmer McClain's front parlor and posterity's verdict on Lee as "patriot" or "traitor."