Lorraine Hansberry Theater has partnered with Cutting Ball Theater and Museum of the African Diaspora to bring you an examination of the United States’ inconsistent progress on issues of human rights, power, and race through the colliding histories of two prominent American figures on one shared tract of land. On a plantation in a small Maryland town, a teenaged slave named Frederick Douglass once fought and triumphed against an overseer named Edward Covey. The moment would permanently alter the course of Douglass’ life, freeing him from fear and building a new sense of agency.

In 2003, Covey’s home, “Mount Misery,” was purchased by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for $1.5 million. In Mount Misery, Cutting Ball's resident playwright Andrew Saito imagines Rumsfeld and Douglass’ interactions across time. The world premiere production will take place at Cutting Ball Theater, in residence at EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor Street in SF, May 8-June 7, 2014.

‍The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre at MoAD is a collaboration that connects theater and the visual arts, bringing both audiences together, making each art form more accessible and relevant to both constituencies and providing context across art forms. Each presentation will be followed by an audience discussion.

Free for MoAD Members, LHT Subscribers and Cutting Ball Theatre Subscribers

General Admission $10 | Students & Seniors $5