Hold On!

Full-length
Historical Drama
3w, 12m
play

Overview

HOLD ON! is about the struggle for democratic rights which took place in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. The heart of the play is a complex struggle between Martin Luther King and Lyndon Baines Johnson set against thunderous, fast-moving events. Both brilliant leaders at the peak of their powers, their personal battle — like the battle on the streets of Selma — is ultimately decided by King’s moral courage.

Casting & Production

Casting

ANNIE LEE COOPER/VIOLA — African-American
WALTER/ COLONEL AL LINGO/ STATE TROOPER — White

CORETTA KING — African-American

MARTIN LUTHER KING — African-American

RALPH ABERNATHY — African-American

HOSEAH WILLIAMS — African-American

ANDREW YOUNG — African-American

REGISTRAR/ DICK GOODWIN/ STATE TROOPER — White

LEVERNE/ DEPUTY/ STATE TROOPER — White

JIMMIE LEE JACKSON — African-American

SHERIFF CLARK/ GEORGE WALLACE/
STATE TROOPER — White
DELLA/ GERRI — African-American

LYNDON JOHNSON/ STATE TROOPER — White

JOHN LEWIS — African-American

JAMES FORMAN — African-American

Setting

Place
Selma, Alabama and Washington, D.C.

Time
Early 1965

Reviews

“Spellbinding storytelling.”
—Broadway World

”Ferocity and ingenuity and sheer believability…with the playwright’s artful sense of behind-the-scenes realpolitik, the show climbs and climbs.”
—Talkin’ Broadway

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