‘POWER! Stokely Carmichael’ to Premiere at Capital Fringe 2015
Meshaun Labrone ‘s play POWER! Stokely Carmichael will make its world premiere during Capital Fringe Festival 2015 (July 9 – August 2) in Washington, D.C.
The production will take viewers to the summer of 1966 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘s unknown protégé Stokely Carmichael sparked a new demand during the last great march of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Trinidad-born revolutionary, later known as Kwame Touré , rose to prominence in the “Black Power” movement, a phrase he credited for popularizing.
He was as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), then the “Honorary Prime Minister” of the Black Panther Party, and lastly a leader of the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party.
“If a nation fails to protect its citizens, then that nation cannot condemn those who take up the task themselves.”
Directed by Jennifer Knight , POWER! is written by and stars Labrone in second solo show.
Labrone received international recognition for his first solo show, Right to Remain… Tupac Shakur , which he performed in 2011 at the Tara Theatre in London and at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival .
POWER! will run July 11-25. See details below.
When
Saturday, July 11, 2015
– 7:45 PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
– 10:05 PM,
Sunday, July 19, 2015
– 2:15 PM
Thursday, July 23, 2015
– 6:00 PM
Saturday, July 25, 2015
– 10:30 PM
Where
Gallaudet University: Eastman Studio Theatre
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, DC, 20002
Cost
$17
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