Arena Stage Announces Cast For World-Premiere Musical American Prophet: Frederick Douglass In His Own Words

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced today the cast for the much-anticipated world-premiere musical American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words, which kicks off the historic theater’s “Surviving and Thriving”-themed 2022/23 Season. Powered by Frederick Douglass’ own speeches and writings, and filled with soaring new melodies, this riveting new musical stars Cornelius Smith Jr. (ABC’s Scandal, All My Children) and Kristolyn Lloyd (Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful) as freedom fighters Frederick and Anna Douglass, exploring Douglass’ rise from slavery to national prominence, and from forced illiteracy to the heights of literary and oratorical renown.

Created by Charles Randolph-Wright (Arena’s Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story, Broadway’s Trouble in Mind, Motown the Musical) and Grammy Award winner Marcus Hummon (“Bless the Broken Road,” “Born to Fly”), American Prophet is the recipient of a prestigious Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. // Continue to the full article

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