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The Ensemble Theatre presents Fetch Clay, Make Man

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In Fetch Clay, Make Man​, historical icons Muhammad Ali & Stepin' Fetchit explore friendship at the heart of race relations in 1960s America. The play is set on the eve of the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston rematch, and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Cassius Clay, soon to become Muhammad Ali. Fetch Clay, Make Man explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective eras - Hollywood in the '20s, where a black actor’s career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-'60s, after the assassination of Malcolm X.

In Fetch Clay, Make Man​, historical icons Muhammad Ali & Stepin' Fetchit explore friendship at the heart of race relations in 1960s America. The play is set on the eve of the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston rematch, and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Cassius Clay, soon to become Muhammad Ali. Fetch Clay, Make Man explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective eras - Hollywood in the '20s, where a black actor’s career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-'60s, after the assassination of Malcolm X.

In Fetch Clay, Make Man​, historical icons Muhammad Ali & Stepin' Fetchit explore friendship at the heart of race relations in 1960s America. The play is set on the eve of the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston rematch, and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Cassius Clay, soon to become Muhammad Ali. Fetch Clay, Make Man explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective eras - Hollywood in the '20s, where a black actor’s career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-'60s, after the assassination of Malcolm X.

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Ensemble Theatre
3535 Main St.
Houston, TX 77002
http://www.ensemblehouston.com/season/schedule17-18.html

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