Orvelo wood one man show smithsonian
Orvelo wood one man show smithsonian museum!
July programs at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture open with a performance by Roger Guenveur Smith in his one-man theater piece Frederick Douglass Now.
Orvelo wood one man show smithsonian
The script, written by the Obie Award-winning actor, draws on some of the most powerful speeches delivered by Douglass.
Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Eventually escaping to freedom, he became an inspiring abolitionist, orator and writer, authoring several autobiographies chronicling his experiences as a slave, most famously the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
Busy as an actor in television and feature films, Smith played the title role in the 2017 release of Rodney King, a one-man theater piece written by Smith and directed by Spike Lee.
The performance of Frederick Douglass Now will take place Sunday, July 1, at 7 p.m. in the museum’s Oprah Winfrey Theater. Admission is free, but registration is required