“Dr. King’s Dream,” Mixed Blood Theatre’s acclaimed celebration of the life and career of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be performed in the Kimball Area High School cafetorium Thursday, Feb. 12. The two performances are sponsored by Student Activities. The first show will be at 12:45 p.m., and the second at 2 p.m. “Dr. King’s Dream” features Warren C. Bowles in a stirring solo performance that movingly chronicles King’s career from its beginning during the Montgomery bus strike to his death in Memphis. It captures all of the dignity, courage, devotion and humanity of a remarkable American leader. Both the external events in King’s career (the marches in Selma and Birmingham, winning the Nobel Peace Prize) and his thoughts on topics ranging from Malcolm X, to the police, to President Kennedy are included, as is his soaring ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. What emerges is the spirit of a man dedicated to equality through non-violence, to an ideal and to a dream. “Dr. King’s Dream” is produced by the Mixed Blood Theatre Company from its home in a century-old Minneapolis fire station. Founded in 1976 and dedicated to the spirit of Dr. King’s dream, Mixed Blood is a multi-racial professional company promoting cultural pluralism, individual equality and artistic excellence. The show is one of eight programs toured nationally by Mixed Blood. The others include similar performances on Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson and Challenger space shuttle astronaut Ron McNair; Daughters of Africa, a music-driven history of African American women; Eastern Parade: The Asian American Journey; the American Indian Anthology According to Coyote; and Minnecanos, a cultural history of Mexican Americans in Minnesota. Warren C. Bowles, the actor featured in Dr. King’s Dream, has toured for Mixed Blood since 1981; he also plays Paul Robeson and Jackie Robinson for the theatre. Among the most memorable of his scores of credits at Mixed Blood are Lucien in “The Boys Next Door,” the title role in “Cyrano de Bergerac,” and the professor in “Oleanna.” If you are interested in watching this free performance please call the high school office at 398-7700.
