Arius West features in ‘The Freedom Project’ at the Abbey Credit: Photo courtesy Florida Theatrical Association/Facebook
The adventurous and eclectic Florida Theatrical Association presents The Freedom Project: Influential African-American Floridians at the Abbey on Monday.

The production will feature Orlando theater luminaries performing interpretations of famous pieces from historic Floridian African-American artists such as Eatonville’s own Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamund Johnson and Augusta Savage.

Poems, songs or essays from these artists will all be given new and vivid life. From our local theater community, the cast of the production includes Nakia Abram, Arius West, Raphael Campos, Isaiah Entzminger, Whitney Fain, Jordan Goddard, Adourin Jamelle Owens and Christopher Payen.

The assembled group of creatives will spotlight issues of freedom and oppression that are still all too relevant today.

7 p.m. Monday, July 29, The Abbey, free.

The Abbey

100 S. Eola Drive, Orlando, FL

407-704-6261

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This article appears in Jul 24-30, 2024.