Fetch Clay, Make Man ─ A Play

Set on the eve of the Cassius ClaySonny Liston rematch and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Claysoon to become Muhammad AliFetch Clay, Make Manexplores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective erasHollywood in the 20s, where a black actor's career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-60s, after the assassination of Malcolm X. With incisive characterizations, crackling dialogue and generous doses of dark humor” (Hollywood Reporter),Fetch Clay, Make Man audaciously recreates this improbably friendship and, through the relationship, digs to the heart of race relations during the highly charged days of 1960s America.

Will Power is a performer and playwright whose plays have been produced at New York Theatre Workshop, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse and many others. His playThe Seven won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical and his solo showsThe Gathering and The Flow have toured to over 70 cities. Power is currently on the faculty at The Meadows School of the Arts/SMU and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence with the Dallas Theatre Center.