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ArtsCentric brings 'The Scottsboro Boys' to life

By Melissa Gerr,
Maureen Harvie, Sheilah Kast
Published July 12, 2024 at 10:05 AM EDT
'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
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'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
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'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
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'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
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'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric
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'The Scottsboro Boys' runs through July 21 at ArtsCentric. Photo: ArtsCentric

For two decades ArtsCentric has offered their theater audiences storytelling through an African American lens. “The Scottsboro Boys” is their latest: a tumultuous tale of nine Black teens falsely accused of a heinous crime -- told through the power of music. We get a preview from artistic director and director, Kevin McAllister and Angelo Harrington II, who is featured in a leading role as Haywood Patterson.

Links: The Scottsboro Boys at ArtsCentric, The Scottsboro Boys history.

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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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Maureen Harvie
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.
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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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