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Gone Too Soon is an inspiring theatrical production that re-lives the successes and setbacks of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1960's through court depositions by six of his closest associates.
This two-act contemporary play is set in an Atlanta courtroom in front of a grand jury that is compelled to deliberate the case based solely on the evidence presented.
Memorable scenes are brought to life as they unfolded during the Montgomery bus boycott of 1957, the 1963 March on Washington, the tragic events on Bloody Sunday of 1965, to the rousing Promised Land speech the night before his premature death on April 4, 1968.
Coretta Scott King uses a rarely known Tennessee statute to present new witnesses directly to the grand jury after the untimely death of James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's confessed assassin. Code 4012-104 allows her to bypass the district attorneys refusal to hear new evidence in the assassination of Dr. King on the balcony of a Memphis motel.
The jury's verdict is based upon the final closing arguments by the District Attorney and the opposing council. It examines the current status of civil rights in this country and the issues we still need to overcome as a people to reach the Promised Land set forth in the dream by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Justice too long delayed
Is justice too long denied.
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Memorable scenes are brought to life
On December 1, 1955, 42-year-old Rosa Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus to go home after an exhausting day at work.
On March 7, 1965, state troopers brutally assaulted peaceful civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama.
On August 28, 1963, the historic March on Washington drew more than 200,000 people in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Cast members
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.
Early Years. Born as Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King.
The Assassination
Assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while lending support to a sanitation workers' strike. He was shot by James Earl Ray at approximately 7:05 P.M. Ray's bullet struck King as he was standing on his balcony at the Lorraine Motel; King died approximately one hour later.
Touring US Cities
Gone Too Soon is scheduled to tour the following US cities each with 4 or more performances and matinees.
At the historic Fox Theater on Peachtree Street.
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Elegant, historic, Emerson Colonial Theatre 1,700-seat theater.
Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
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By becoming a sponsor of one or more of the ten cities or a platinum sponsor the entire theatrical production of Gone Too Soon, you will enable actors, singers, dancers and technicians of each of the ten communities to engage in activities that promote personal growth. These Civil Rights re-enactments will improve the lives of disadvantaged youths who participate or attend these events both in their educational and artistic development. Your generous contribution to this our thirteenth production will also help make this stage play an event that can be taken to additional cities each year or to the big screen to engage a larger audience.
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