A Benefit Performance for Revolution Books’ $100,000 Fund Drive. Revolution Books is needed now more than ever, yet its future is in peril. This bookstore is carving open a new spirit and atmosphere of critical thinking and radical discourse– putting revolution back into the air. Come support the store and join with us in a terrific night of theater. Roger Guenveur’s Smith one-man show, FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW, takes you from the end of the slave era right up to the current moment– when once again life and death questions confront society and the people.

Wednesday – October 21, 2009 – 8:00pm

FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW
A play created and performed by
Roger Guenveur Smith
at
Donaghy Theatre – Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street, NYC
Tickets: $50. Premium Tickets: $100
Reception with the artist following performance.

“Roger Guenveur Smith gets it all and gets it brilliantly.”
-The New York Times

Written and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith (“A Huey P. Newton Story,” “Do the Right Thing”), FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW brings to life the pioneering abolitionist, feminist, statesman and orator, in a nationally-acclaimed solo performance. FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW is presented by the Irish Arts Center in association with Classical Theatre of Harlem.

“If anyone could bring the legendary 19th-century runaway-slave-turned-abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass to searing life, it’s Roger Guenveur Smith.”
– Time Out New York

“A star turn, a rapid-fire riff, darting among epochs that mix the sounds of poetry slam, hip-hop and the old-style preacher. Spoken, sung and emoted with entertaining conviction.”
-The New York Times

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