12/30/2018
(ATLANTA) - The Meeting, an 8-time NAACP Image Award Winning and Emmy Award- Winning playwright, will be gracing the stage in Clayton County this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, in collaboration with Clayton County Public Schools. This production has been staged across the country and the world by various directors; and now, Kelvin Wade will be bringing his adaptation of the thought-provoking and powerful stage play to the Performing Arts Center, in Jonesboro, GA; featuring Trivon Howard and Louie Love, portraying the iconic roles of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
What would happen if Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had met in secret to debate the future of the civil rights movement? Oh, to be a fly on that wall! With rare insight and unsettling power, Jeff Stetson's The Meeting conjures up a fictional scenario where the two iconic African-American leaders convene in a Harlem hotel circa 1965. There, they discuss their visions for nationwide change, and as their no-holds-barred conversation expands and deepens, the two contrasting personalities come to learn much about the other and -- together -- discover common ground.
This event will be opened by Special Guest Host, KD Bowe (Praise 102.5 FM, ManUP! Inc.). KD serves as an on-air radio personality for one of the nation’s largest multi-media companies, Radio One. His influential voice commands the attention of audiences worldwide. His mission of educating and empowering individuals through a practical yet principle-centered approach to living is what attracts men and women to his on-air programs and community outreach initiatives. For the past 20 years KD has served as a role model for men, a mentor to youth, and an inspiration to his local community.
Performing at the top of the show will be the FOI Drill Team; and The Singing Brothers of Stilwell, a group of talented young men from M. E. Stilwell School of the Arts , under the musical direction of Choral Director, Dr. Jimmy A. Cheek, native of Greensboro, North Carolina. This group includes members that have performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Spivey Hall, and participated in GMEA All-State Chorus and GMEA All-State Reading Chorus. Additional accomplishments include performing with the Peach State Opera Company and being selected as finalists for the Georgia Governors Honors Program. Group members recently were selected as the 2018 winners of the quartet and solo division at the Georgia High School Athletic Associations Literary State Championship.
