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OPENS TONIGHT! Civil Rights Reignited with THURGOOD through July 25 - Bay Area Premiere
July 10, 2015

"Thurgood" by George Stevens Jr.-An Eye Opening, Humorous and Uplifting Portrait of a True American and Civil Rights Hero Featuring...  Steven Anthony Jones as Thurgood Marshall Directed by...Margo Hall. Jeff Adachi, Matt Gonzalez, Michael Harris and other legal heavy weights join Steven Anthony Jones for post play talkbacks with the audience. 

 

 
   

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!
Steven Anthony Jones IS Thurgood Marshall
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Presents
Thurgood
By George Stevens Jr.
 
JULY 9-25th
An Eye Opening, Humorous and Uplifting Portrait of a True American and Civil Rights Hero
 
Featuring...
 Steven Anthony Jones as Thurgood Marshall
Directed by...Margo Hall
 
THURGOOD, by George Stevens, Jr., is a powerful one-man play first produced on Broadway in April 2008, starring Laurence Fishburne. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's production features LHT's Artistic Director, Steven Anthony Jones, as Thurgood Marshall, one of the defining American characters of the 20th Century.  Thurgood rose from the back alleys of Baltimore to become the first African-American Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and a Civil Rights era icon. He was the architect of successful court challenges that became the foundation of the civil rights movement.   
Performances of THURGOOD will be followed by talkbacks between the audience, the artist and community leaders about the impact of desegregation with frank, informed and thought-provoking discussions about civil rights struggles then and now.  As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Era and the Voting Rights Act in 2015, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre contends that now is the time to re-inspire citizens by providing a modern day civic lesson through the non-threatening forum of the performing arts.
From $25 for Adults ($35 Opening)
Discounts for Seniors, Students and Groups
(415) 474-8800 (Box Office), BoxOffice@LHTSF.org 
 


Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at the 
Creativity Theater, 221 Fourth Street (at Howard),  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

 
Come for the play...stay for the talk-backs...
about Thurgood Marshall and Civil Rights then and now with the artist and community leaders.
 
Saturday, 7/11, 8 PM - Michael Harris, Senior Attorney, Juvenile Justice, National Youth Law Center
Sunday, 7/12, 2 PM - Matt Gonzalez, Chief Attorney, San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
Thursday, 7/23, 8 PM - Jeff Adachi, Public Defender, San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
More to come...
 

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Administrative Office
777 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA  94109
Main: (415) 345-3980, x0, Box Office: (415) 474-8800
 
 
 

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