On January 19, 2014, North Park Covenant Church & THE MARCH Civil Rights Arts Project will present Prelude to a Dream as a part of Chicago's celebration of MLK Day. Prelude to a Dream is a mass meeting performance that dramatizes the events surrounding the 1963 March on Washington.
Alan Marshall has written and produced several theatrical based mass meetings which dramatize various episodes of civil rights movement during the long, hot summer of 1963. These performances include freedom songs (solos & audience participation), speeches, testimonies & character driven drama, all happening around the audience. Prelude to a Dream is the fourth installment of these innovative theatrical events..
Alan Marshall created THE MARCH to call attention to a pivotal period in this nation’s history when Americans of different, races, genders and classes helped to produce the landmark civil rights legislation that brought full citizenship to all Americans.
“It is extremely important to this project to have the support of civil rights movement veterans,” said Librettist Alan Marshall. “Our mission is to honor those who participated in the civil rights movement and to inspire new generations to face the social challenges of today.”
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