Dec 06, 2005 — Next year marks the 300th birthday of one of America's Founding Fathers - Benjamin Franklin. To celebrate, a new one-man show, written and performed by Burdette Parks, opens Thursday night (7:30) at Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake. Parks, renowned for his performance in Frankly, B. Franklin, told Todd Moe that his new show, Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Etc., brings our most personable Founding Father back to the stage.