'Douglass' a Timely Play amid Modern Racial Strife

September 15, 2016 · Theater, Frederick Douglass, Blog

Timeliness is a virtue, and Thomas Klingenstein's Douglass, which had its world-premiere this past summer at the Theater Wit in Chicago, captures the zeitgeist of our period of increasing racial tension. Through Douglass, Klingenstein hopes to reinvigorate our contemporary debates by revisiting the…