Penn State and The Theater of War will be offering the virtual Frederick Douglass Project for free on February 8. Anyone may register here. According to the university:
Theater of War Productions presents The Frederick Douglass Project, a live, online reading by an acclaimed actor of speeches by the American social reformer.
Emmy Award-winning actor Keith David (of films including Nope, Platoon, and Armageddon) will give a dramatic reading of a speech delivered by Douglass at the National Convention of Colored Men in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 24, 1883.
The virtual event will include a dramatic reading, a presentation by a community panel, and a moderated townhall-style audience discussion. The goal is to foster compassion and embrace positive action.
Theater of War Productions is a social impact company that uses theatre and a variety of other media to address pressing public health and social issues, such as combat-related psychological injury; end-of-life care; prison reform; political violence and torture; domestic violence; and the de-stigmatization of the treatment of substance abuse and addiction.
KEITH DAVID is a classically trained actor, Emmy Award winner, and Tony Award nominee. David stars, alongside Zoë Saldaña, in the 2022 Netflix limited series From Scratch. His expansive film credits include 21 Bridges, Night School, Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, Requiem for a Dream, Men at Work, They Live, Crash, There’s Something About Mary, The Thing, and Platoon. He completed five seasons starring in Greenleaf for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. Other TV credits include NCIS: New Orleans, Blackish, MacGyver, Fresh Off the Boat, Community, Enlisted, and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
David’s voiceover work features his narration for the premiere of Ken Burns’ Ali. His collaboration with Burns earned him three Emmy Awards for his narration of Jackie Robinson, The War, and Unforgivable Blackness:The Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson. Some of his other voice acting credits include Adventure Time, Bojack Horseman, Rick & Morty, Spawn, and Gargoyles. On Broadway, he starred in Seven Guitars and Jelly’s Last Jam, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for best actor in a musical.
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