IAW&A is pleased to offer discount tickets to see a performance of Donal O’Kelly’s “The Cambria,” on Oct. 8, 2009, at the Irish Arts Center in NYC. The performance will be followed by a special post-show panel discussion featuring IAW&A co-founder T.J. ENGLISH, as well as actors DONAL O’KELLY and ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, known for his work in numerous Spike Lee movies, including “Do the Right Thing” and “Get on the Bus,” as well as his acclaimed one-man show “A Huey P. Newton Story” (also made into a movie by Spike Lee).
“The Cambria” is being staged in conjunction with Smith’s acclaimed one-man show, “Frederick Douglass Now.” Both plays deal with the legacy of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and, in the case of “The Cambria,” Douglass’s journey to Ireland to meet with “The Great Emancipator,” Daniel O’Connell, and to live in exile for a time in Ireland.
The post-show “talk back” involving English, Smith and O’Kelly on Oct. 8 following the 8 pm performance will focus on issues of race and, in particular, relations between African Americans and Irish Americans in the century since Douglass made his historic trip to Ireland.
CAMBRIA/DOUGLASS is being present by the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan. Perfrormance and panel discussion take place at the Daughy Theatre at the Arts Center, located at 553 W. 51st St, btwn 10 and 11 avenues.
To be a part of this special event, use code IAWA30 at www.smarttix.com or call 212-868-4444 and pay only $30 (regular $50).