MLK Theatrical Presentation
In 2003, the MLK Theatrical Presentation was established as an extension of the MLK Lecture Series and Realizing the Dream Concert. The Committee wanted to include a performing arts component to the series that would compliment both the concert and lecture series. The MLK Theatrical Presentation has featured storytellers and lecturers Dwe Williams and Steven Hobbs and sponsored a dramatic reading of the works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by the Rev. Warner Durnell, who was accompanied by a jazz trumpeter. The event is hosted annually during Black History month and is hosted by Shelton State Community College.
Previous Theatrical Presentations:
- “To Kill a Mockingbird”
- “A Lesson Before Dying”
- “Realizing the Dream 2007: King Alive!”
- “Achieving the Dream” (featured Yolanda King, actress and daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Vanessa Bell Armstrong, gospel singer)
- Storyteller Dwe Williams
- Storytelling by Steven Hobbs
- Interpretive readings from works by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Rev. Warner Durnell, accompanied by B. Stanley Graham, jazz trumpet