Soul Rep Theatre Company is presenting the regional premiere of ‘Travisville,’ a fictionalized account written by sitcom star William Jackson Harper.
, Dallas native Harper, who’s best known for his role as the philosopher Chidi Anagonye in the NBC sitcomTyler Lang stars as Zeke Phillips and Wes Frazier as Minister Fletcher in Soul Rep Theatre Company's production of Dallas native William Jackson Harper's "Travisville."
Tyler Lang plays Zeke Phillips, a young man who stages a sit-in at a downtown lunch counter, in William Jackson Harper's play "Travisville," produced by Soul Rep Theatre Company. Born and raised in Dallas, Bennett-Price says she had “front-row knowledge” of redlining practices that made it more difficult for Black residents to buy homes and was aware of the atmosphere of accommodation that surrounded race relations in the city. She graduated fromHigh School after a 1970s federal desegregation order turned the school into an arts magnet.
From left: Ministers Gunn and Fletcher appear in Soul Rep Theatre Company's regional premiere of William Jackson Harper's "Travisville," a fictionalized account of Jim Schutze's Dallas race relations book "The Accommodation." The play is running at the Margo Jones Theatre in Fair Park, not far from some of the events it depicts.
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