Coterie opens season with world premiere play

By Bob EvansSep 22, 2018, 12:18 pm0

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Becoming Martin
OPENING THIS FRIDAY
Live on stage September 18- October 21

This world premiere, commissioned by The Coterie from noted filmmaker and writer, Kevin Willmott, centers on the mentorship Martin Luther King, Jr., receives when he enters Morehouse College at age 15. Through debate over civil disobedience concepts, Morehouse College President, Dr. Benjamin Mays, sets young MLK on a path towards fighting for civil rights.
A Coterie World Premiere by Kevin Willmott
Directed by Chip Miller
Produced in community partnership with
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City and The Black Archives of Mid-America

A post-performance Question and Answer session will follow each performance.

For Families with Ages 11+ | Length 65 minutes

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Featuring Walter Coppage, Aaron Ellis, Sherri Roulette-Mosley, Granvile T. O’Neal, and George Forbes
Photography by J. Robert Schraeder

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