Panel about ‘Arts in Civic Dialogue’ to follow historical play:
Actors will present scenes from 1854 fugitive slave trial in Boston that galvanized abolitionist movement
On March 10, the Graduate School of Education’s Askwith Education Forum will host a panel about ‘Arts in Civic Dialogue.’ The panel, held at the Gutman Conference Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m., follows a live performance of ‘The Trial of Anthony Burns,’ a historical play about an 1854 fugitive slave trial in Boston that galvanized the abolitionist movement in America. Anthony Burns is portrayed by Keith Mascoll (left) and Richard Henry Dana is played by Christopher Robin Cook.