Playwright Larry Muhammad, founder of KY Black Repertory Theatre, actor and producer Alphaeus Green, Jr, and teacher, actor, director & activist Kristi Papailler, all of whom have worked extensively in the Louisville area.
We join the conversation as Larry Muhammad is talking about the original production of Double V, his play about Frank Stanley, Sr. the founder of The Louisville Defender.
Note: the name Kristi is trying to recall near the very end is Eugene Nesmith, former Co-Director of the African American Theatre Program at the University of Louisville.
Larry Muhammad is a playwright and former journalist working for the Courier-Journal. His plays have been produced widely including a New York production of Looking for Leroy in 2019. He is the founder of the Black Repertory Theatre.
Alphaeus Green, Jr., is an actor and producer who worked extensively in Louisville for Black Repertory Theatre, Faithworks Studios, Stage One Family Theatre, Smoked Apple Theatre, and Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company.
Kristi Papailler is an actor, director, teacher and activist who is now Assistant Professor of Theatre at California State University San Bernardino. A Louisville native, she taught at Central High School and was the co-founder of the Juneteenth Theatre Company.
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