An Eye Opening, Humorous and Uplifting Portrait of a True American and Civil Rights Hero
Featuring...
Steven Anthony Jones as Thurgood Marshall
Directed by...Margo Hall
THURGOOD, by George Stevens, Jr., is a powerful one-man play first produced on Broadway in April 2008, starring Laurence Fishburne. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's production features LHT's Artistic Director, Steven Anthony Jones, as Thurgood Marshall, one of the defining American characters of the 20th Century. Thurgood rose from the back alleys of Baltimore to become the first African-American Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and a Civil Rights era icon. He was the architect of successful court challenges that became the foundation of the civil rights movement.
Performances of THURGOOD will be followed by talkbacks between the audience, the artist and community leaders about the impact of desegregation with frank, informed and thought-provoking discussions about civil rights struggles then and now. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Era and the Voting Rights Act in 2015, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre contends that now is the time to re-inspire citizens by providing a modern day civic lesson through the non-threatening forum of the performing arts.
