Dairy farmer Ben Butler announced he will challenge U.S. Rep. Darren Soto. He already rounded up the support of multiple ...

When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary, General Benjamin Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma—follow the letter of the law or make a game-changing move that ...

Ben Butler now playing at North Coast Rep through November 21st is based on a true historical event from the Civil War. Instead of rifles, this play takes on this historical battle with witty repartee ...

For the Washington Stage Guild's final production of its 2022-2023 season, the Undercroft Theater has been dressed up in dark wood, Civil War maps, and American flags. It is the office of a Union Army ...

Republican congressional candidate Ben Butler says he raised more than $100,000 in the first 48 hours after filing to unseat ...

Did someone say Civil War comedy? Yes! Ben Butler, a battle of wit and wordplay by Richard Strand, will be staged by Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers as part of its 27th season. The production ...

One of the seminal moments in the movement to end slavery occurred in the early stages of the Civil War, two years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The First Confiscation Act of 1861, signed by ...

North Coast Repertory Theatre continues its wholly live Season 40 by shining a light on a little-known chapter of the Civil War. Written by Richard Strand, BEN BUTLER is part comedy, part history and ...

Back around 2015, North Coast Repertory Theatre artistic director David Ellenstein got his hands on the script for Richard Strand’s play “Ben Butler.” Three pages in, Ellenstein was hooked. But it ...