FREEDOM RIDER*

Written by Ricardo Khan in collaboration with Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Murray Horwitz, Nathan Louis Jackson, and Nikkole Salter

directed by Ricardo Khan

April 8–24, 2022

Festival Stage | 2 Hours | One Intermission | Recommended Ages 15+

*World Premiere

In May 1961, four young students join others aboard a southbound bus in Washington, DC, to challenge segregated spaces in interstate travel. They ended up changing themselves and the nation forever. Inspired by real events, this powerful play — sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting — celebrates the heroic and watershed journey of these young people.

Had a chance to work with Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies on some Greek Readings during our time in quarantine -

Check out the story of Deianeira and Heracles!

-ASF 22 Homes -

ASF recently commissioned 22 Southern playwrights to each create original pieces surrounding the theme of “home.” The playwrights collaborated with actors from around the country to bring these new works to life.

Rediscovering Our Humanity: Reading the Classics Behind Bars and Beyond - A Symposium on Incarceration in partnership with Howard University and The Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University.

Featuring Tabatha Gayle, Emily Allen-Hornblower, and Marquis McCray

10th Anniversary of Mind The Gap @ New York Theater Workshop - Winter 2019 - w/ Ronald Peet, Alton Alburo, Monique St. Cyr, Baize Buzan, Linda Comess, Raquel Cion, Chad Miller, Marcus Guy, Ria Nez, and Jackie Rivera

Mind the Gap @ NYTW - w/ Raquel Cion, Monique St. Cyr, Alton Alburo, and Linda Comess

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - w/ Raquel Cion, Monique St. Cyr, and Alton Alburo

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - Ria Nez, Monique St. Cyr, and Jackie Rivera

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - w/ Raquel Cion, Monique St. Cyr, Alton Alburo, and Linda Comess

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - w/ Raquel Cion, Monique St. Cyr, and Alton Alburo

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - w/ Raquel Cion, Monique St. Cyr, and Alton Alburo

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - w/ Linda Comess, Baize Buzan, Raquel Cion, Chad Miller, and Jackie Rivera

Mind The Gap @ NYTW - Jackie Rivera, Ronald Peet, Ria Nez, and Baize Buzan

10th Anniversary of Mind The Gap @ New York Theater Workshop - Winter 2019 - w/ Ronald Peet, Ria Nez, and Jackie Rivera

The American Tradition - circa 2019 - Dir Axel Avin Jr. - Written by Ray Yamanouchi

Featuring Sydney Cole Alexander

Featuring Full Cast:

Dani Steel, Sydney Cole Alexander, Alex Herrald, and Hunter Canning

Featuring Sydney Cole Alexander and Alex Herrald

Featuring Alex Herrald and Hunter Canning

Featuring Full Cast:

Dani Steel, Hunter Canning, Sydney Cole Alexander, and Alex Herrald

Featuring Errrbody

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Elm Shakespeare Company

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: Aaron Bartz

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: Aaron Bartz, Kingston Farady, Rachel Clausen

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: Aaron Bartz, Kingston Farady, Michael Hinton

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: Aaron Bartz, Kingston Farady, Michael Hinton

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: Aaron Bartz

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: the effervescent Lori Vega

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart - Featuring: the stunning Rachel Clausen

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Circa Summer 2018 - Dir. Rebecca Goodheart

- Circa Fall 2016 - My Beautiful Cast of On Strivers Row 

ON STRIVERS ROW - Circa 2016 - Dir. Timothy Johnson - Featuring: Caturah Brown, Dana Rand, and Jordan Tyson 

ON STRIVERS ROW - Circa 2016 - Dir. Timothy Johnson -  

ON STRIVERS ROW - Circa 2016 - Dir. Timothy Johnson - 

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstien

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstien

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstein

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstein

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstein

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstein

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstein

TARTUFFE - Circa 2015 - Dir. Ellen Orenstein

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

PERICLES - Circa 2015 - Dir. David Mold

Adaption of Midsummer Nights Dream - Demetrius & Lysander (Akoni Stienmann) - Circa 2016 - Dir Eliza Murphy

Adaption of Midsummer Nights Dream - Demetrius - Circa 2016 - Dir Eliza Murphy