In April 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama after he defied a state courts injunction and led a march of black protesters without a permit, urging an Easter boycott of white-owned stores. A statement published in The Birmingham News, written by eight moderate white clergymen, criticized the march and other demonstrations.This prompted King to write a lengthy response, begun in the margins of the newspaper. He smuggled it out with the help of his lawyer, and the nearly 7,000 words were transcribed. The eloquent call for constructive, nonviolent tension to force an end to unjust laws became a landmark document of the civil-rights movement.
Featuring: Award-winning actor Troy Anthony Harris
Photo Credit: Staley Jophiel Munroe
Ages: ages 10 and up
Cast and Creative team for Martin Luther King Jr.'s at Abbey Theater of Dublin
Troy Anthony Harris is a seasoned veteran of the Columbus stage, working with some of Central Ohio's historic companies - Contemporary American Theater Company (CATCO), Martin Luther King Center for the Performing Arts, Actors' Theatre of Columbus among many others. His most notable roles are Hoke in Driving Miss Daisy, Miss Roj/Kid in The Colored Museum, Old Mister/Pa in The Color Purple, Big Moe in Five Guys Named Moe and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Troy would like to thank the friends and network of Blackspace: Urban Performing Arts Collective for their support and encouragement of presentation of this piece.
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