25TH ANNUAL EMPOWERMENT CONGRESS SUMMIT
*Los Angeles – Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and The Empowerment Congress presented the 25th Annual Empowerment Congress Summit-Lessons Learned: 25Years of Empowerment and Leadership. Click here for more information!
Gerald C. Rivers on The Vineyard Current
The Vineyard Current – Segment from August 21st, 2016 – Gerald C. Rivers – the Voice of MLK Jr.
Gerald C. Rivers is an actor, teacher, master african drummer and voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!
Photo Flash: First Look at World Premiere Production of TOM at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum High Res Photos
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents TOM, a world premiere stage adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ that offers a new look at the power of Stowe’s most famous novel and at the true grit of its title character. Written by artistic director Ellen Geer and featuring folk music of the period, TOM joins the repertory season at Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor amphitheatre in Topanga on June 18. BroadwayWorld has an inside look at the production – scroll down for photos! CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE!
L.A. theater openings, June 12-19: ‘Tom’ and more
This week: A new drama inspired by a landmark anti-slavery tome. Plus, a Depression-era classic from Clifford Odets, and a new dark comedy about an Army colonel gone rogue in the Middle East. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE!
Theatricum Botanicum Slates 2016 Summer Season
TOPANGA, CALIF.: Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum has set the lineup for its 2016 summer season, which will contain four classic plays, and a world premiere musical. All five shows will run in repertory.
The repertory season will kick off with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (July 4–Oct. 2). Artistic director Ellen Geer will set the play in East Jerusalem. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE!
The Argonaut interview LIVING THE DREAM with Gerald C. River VO
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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the legendary civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968.
Raised in Compton and educated at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Rivers first memorized and performed a King speech as a teenager from a record his grandmother had given him. More than 30 years later, he’s still performing at least three different shows he’s developed from King’s writings in which he eerily captures King’s passionate delivery, vocal tone and cadence. Click here for more information!
Whittier College’s Martin Luther King Day Celebration to Feature “The Voice of 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, 7214 Painter Avenue, Whittier, CA, Whittier College, on Monday, January 18 at 6 p.m. The event is open to the public and the Whittier community is encouraged to attend the celebration. The event will include an open mic portion providing guests the opportunity to pay tribute to Dr. King. Click here for more information!
People’s World – Hey, Boo: To stage a Mockingbird
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, including for Horton Foote’s “Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.” And who can ever forget Gregory Peck’s sensitive, dignified Academy Award winning depiction of Atticus Finch, the small town attorney who defends an innocent Black man in the 1930s segregated South? More recently I saw and reviewed Mary Murphy’s 2010 documentary Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE
Shakespeare in LA – A Post-Civil War America Sets the Stage for Theatricum’s As You Like It
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 period. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE!
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: GERALD RIVERS, THE VOICE OF MLK, JR.
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 sharing Dr. King’s sermons and speeches.
In addition to the numerous outreach and speaking engagements throughout the U.S., Gerald is also a master West African drummer and instructor, an esteemed member of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Company, and a voice-over artist for movies, TV shows, national commercials and video games. Gerald’s LACC Story
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