FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW
Created and Performed by Roger Guenveur Smith
OKC Rep in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary
THREE WAYS TO BUY:
1) Reserve in advance online.
2) In person at Oklahoma Contemporary.
3) Call Oklahoma Contemporary at 405.951.0000
Performances
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Thursday, May 1st - 7pm
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Friday, May 2nd - 7pm
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Saturday, May 3rd - 2pm
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Saturday, May 3rd - 8pm
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Sunday, May 4th - 2pm
Location
Te Ata Theater
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
11 NW 11th St. | Oklahoma City, OK 73103
May 1-4, 2025
Roger Guenveur Smith returns to OKC Rep with his signature solo performance of FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW—inspired by the life and work of the self-liberated abolitionist and pioneering feminist Frederick Douglass. Smith has edited Douglass' class 19th Century texts into a jazz-infused narrative, bookended by original writing to produce the kind of edgy stylistic mash-up of which vital contemporary theater is made.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Roger Guenveur Smith is an actor, writer, and director who has created a prolific body of work on stage and screen. He adapted his Obie Award-winning A HUEY P NEWTON STORY into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm, currently streaming on Hulu. His Bessie Award-winning RODNEY KING is currently on Netflix. Both NEWTON and KING were presented at The Public Theater, scored by Marc Anthony Thompson, and directed for the screen by Mr. Smith's longtime colleague, Spike Lee.
Press
“Roger Guenveur Smith gets it all. And gets it brilliantly.”
—New York Times