by Gerald C. Rivers | Jan 13, 2016 | Interviews
ACTOR GERALD C. RIVERS RECREATES SPEECHES OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AT SATURDAY AFTERNOON’S MLK CELEBRATION IN CULVER CITY Much to his own surprise, classically trained actor Gerald C. Rivers has established a curious career for himself recreating the speeches of...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jan 13, 2016 | Dr. King
Whittier College will commemorate the legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King with Gerald C. Rivers’ one-man show What Do You Dream Of, a show that highlights various speeches from Dr. King. The Martin Luther King Celebration will take place at Club 88,...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 22, 2015 | Theater
I went to see Christopher Sergel’s theatrical adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” with trepidations. After all, I’d read Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel and seen, many times, Robert Mulligan’s 1962 extremely faithful film version which won three Oscars,...
by Gerald C. Rivers | May 29, 2015 | Theater
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum kicks off its 2015 Americana season on Sunday, June 7 with an all-American staging of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, re-set in the divided South of the post-Civil War era and featuring traditional American folk music and dance from that...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jul 26, 2014 | Dr. King
Acting has always been in Gerald’s blood. After high school, while traveling with a troupe of actors, Gerald started speaking the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. Fast forward to today where Gerald is known nationally as the voice of MLK, Jr., travelling the world...
