Dangerous Acts
Dangerous Acts: Howard University
Directed by Phylicia Rashad
Lucille Lortel Theatre celebrates Black writers from the early 20th century with the next generation of actors training at Howard University College of Fine Arts. Dean Phylicia Rashad directs students in readings of The Deacon’s Awakening by Willis Richardson and Aftermath by Mary P. Burrill.
Aftermath by Mary P. Burrill
John, an African-American soldier, returns home to rural South Carolina from World War I and discovers that his father has been lynched.
The Deacon’s Awakening by Willis Richardson
In response to women getting the right to vote, the women of a church sneak out to a meeting to encourage Black women to vote, against the men’s wishes.
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