“There It Is…Take It!” A Chautauqua Performance of William Mulholland | Friday | May 30th 2025

Local author & historian David Woodruff assumes the character of dreamer, designer, constructor and despot of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, William Mulholland. Abhorred in the Eastern Sierra…revered in Southern California…“Bill” brought a river from 233 miles away, so the City of Angels could grow into a great metropolis…while leaving a rural, agrarian community in ruins. Gayle Woodruff portrays Ima Scribe…a member of the LA press, presenting an oppositional view to these infamous and polarizing “water wars” of the 1920s.