Down in Mississippi - Streaming

by Carlyle Brown

In Down in Mississippi three college students, a black man, a white woman and a white man travel to the dangerous world of Mississippi in 1964 to register Black voters. Along the way they discover that before they can change the world, they will have to change themselves.  Down in Mississippi is a celebration of a movement that gave birth to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights of 1965.

Directed by Noel Raymond. Michael Keck will arrange and write music for the performance. Featuring Mari Harris, Adelin Phelps, Mikell Sapp, and Tony Sarnicki. Stage Managed by Tree O’Halloran.

The performance was recorded on Zoom on October 4th. We’ll be streaming this performance through the election.

Carlyle Brown is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence. This event is presented with support of the Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program administered in partnership with the Howlround Theatre Commons.

Down in Mississippi was developed, in part, at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.

The second video is a conversation with Carlyle Brown and Todd London. This conversation was recorded on the morning of Oct 1, 2020. (This recording was after the first presidential debate, but before President Trump tested positive for Covid-19.)