In the days leading up to one of Cassius Clay鈥檚 most anticipated fights, the heavyweight boxing champion forms an unlikely friendship with the controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit. With a rhythmic script by award-winning performer and playwright Will Power and direction by Emmy Award庐 winner, Debbie Allen, Fetch Clay, Make Man explores the improbable bond that forms between two drastically different and influential cultural icons. One a vibrant and audacious youth, the other a resentful and almost forgotten relic鈥攖ogether as they fight to form their public personas and shape their legacies amidst the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s.
This true story is as powerful and poetic as Clay himself while also humorous and irreverent like Fetchit鈥檚 signature act. Finding commonality in contradiction, Fetch Clay, Make Man examines the true meaning of strength, resilience, and pride.
Directed by Debbie Allen
Featuring Ray Fisher, Edwin Lee Gibson, Wilkie Ferguson III, Alexis Floyd, Bruce Nozick, Freddie L. Flemming
Tickets from $30 - $79
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