HMAAC Unearths Untold Truths As It Commemorates ML King's Iconic "I Have A Dream" Speech

HOUSTON - Aug. 23, 2017 - PRLog -- The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC), in association with First World Theatre Ensemble, presents the Houston premiere of Lois Moses' "Say That He More Than A Dream" directed by Zuhairah McGill and choreography by Charles Tyson, Jr. August 25 thru 27, 2017. Showtimes are 8:00 pm Friday and Saturday and 3:00 pm on Sunday in the Matchbox 2 theatre at Match located 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX. General Admission is $10.00; Seniors $5.00; Children $5.00 and receive $5 off each ticket when you purchase two or more general admission tickets using code HMAACCOUPLES.

The museum has chosen to partner with Philadelphia's First World Theatre Ensemble to present this drama during the anniversary of Dr. King's iconic and timeless, "I Have A Dream" speech.  "Say That He Has A Dream" gives us another lens through which to view the lives of Dr. Martin Luther and Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Lois Moses moves us beyond the mountaintop as she unveils untold truths in her gripping drama that chronicles the last years of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life after his controversial "Beyond Vietnam" Speech at Riverside Church in 1967. These unknowns unveil themselves through conversations between Dr. King and civil-rights activist Stokley Carmichael, the Poor People's Campaign and the J. Edgar Hoover administration's four-year FBI harassment of Mrs. Coretta Scott King.

According to HMAAC CEO, John Guess, Jr., "This play is an opportunity for Houston to remember 'to dream.'  There is no better time than today to honor our Dreamer, Dr. Martin Luther King."

The dynamic ensemble cast, starring Ron Lee Jones, Zuhairah, Jaron C. Battle, Nicole Stacie, Kala Moses Baxter, Sanchel Brown and Lois Moses, aptly infuses powerful acting with spoken word, music, song, dance, and visual media.

Actor / Director Zuhairah McGill brings Lois Moses' work to the realm of experience. The audience feels every moment. As Dr. Maurice Henderson reported about the world premier which Ms. McGill also produced via her award-winning company, First World Theatre Ensemble, "From primal laughter to emotional tears, attendees were touched to the soul..." Her directing experience has spanned over 30 years having directed over 20 plays on and off Broadway ranging from "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" to "Hairspray."

Lois Moses, Esq, a Philadelphia native, is a speaker, author, poet, playwright, actress, lawyer, and filmmaker who combines her theatrical, musical and dance background to creatively produce powerful mediums of performance art. An award-winning filmmaker for her short film entitled, "And They Jumped Into the Water...Some," Lois has been touring colleges and conferences with her Woman to Woman Conversation, "Beyond Sound and Fury...Sacrifice as the True Poetic Voice." As an actress and a member of the acclaimed Actor's Studio since 1990, Lois has studied under actors such as Martin Landau and Shelly Winters and toured and performed extensively throughout the US with Pittsburgh's Kuntu Repertory Theater and Philadelphia's National Black Author's Tour.

As a poet, she has self-published two spoken word CDs, "Loise Moses" and "Say That He Had More Than A Dream" as well as three books of poetry, Not Just Another…Black/Woman, Missing Pages… (Women Behind the Glass Door), A Timely Trinity.  As a performance artist, she has performed with nationally renowned artists such as Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Dr. Kimmika L. H. Williams, Regie Gibson, and Jill Scott. Lois will soon release her fourth book, "Freedom Not Them Give" and, as an extension of her poetry, conducts motivational workshops for women and men geared toward addressing the necessity of healing and self-evaluation.

Tickets are now on sale and may be secured at Match box office located 3400 Main Street in Houston, TX. Tickets are also available by phone, 713-521-4533, or online at https://matchouston.org/events/say-he-had-more-dream.

ABOUT HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE

The mission of HMAAC is to collect, conserve, explore, interpret, and exhibit the material and intellectual culture of Africans and African Americans in Houston, the state of Texas, the southwest and the African Diaspora for current and future generations. In fulfilling its mission, HMAAC seeks to invite and engage visitors of every race and background and to inspire children of all ages through discovery-driven learning. HMAAC is to be a museum for all people. HMAAC seeks to be a cultural portal through which people share and converge histories and contemporary experiences that acknowledge and expand the African American experience, and from such interactions come together to build a common future.

To learn more about and support HMAAC, call (713) 526-1015 or visit online at http://www.hmaac.org.

"What I want the audience to leave with… is an artistic and experiential proclamation and reformation of the  life of Dr. King…  And, I charge them to be better, not bitter." -Lois Moses.