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<\/a>Marquez Williams<\/strong> Today, Jackson State University\u2019s Department of Speech Communication and Theatre presents \u201cFreeman,\u201d written by Phillip Dean Hayes and directed by Yohance Myles.<\/p>\n Set in 1970s Michigan, \u201cFreeman\u201d is the story of Freeman Aquila, a spirited young man living in an industrial town with his parents and his wife, Osa Lee.\u00a0 Dissatisfied with his blue-collar job at the local auto plant, Freeman decides to put his money and time into attempts to succeed at other occupations, including a campaign for local political office.\u00a0 These new ambitions begin to interfere with his family responsibilities and lead to major dramatic complications.<\/p>\n The play focuses on the effects of parenting, acceptance of responsibility, and maintaining a self-image that reflects your true character.<\/p>\n Myles said he is pleased with the cast he has assembled for \u201cFreeman,\u201d which includes faculty members, theatre majors, non-majors, and MADDRAMA members.\u00a0 He wants the audience to leave the theatre with a clear understanding of what it means to be involved with their community, whether through voting, education, or economic development.\u00a0 He hopes that people will take away the following lesson: \u201cWhat you do to yourself affects those around you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFreeman\u201d is a very moving play, appropriate for all audiences.<\/p>\n Myles will also soon be appearing in the film \u201cFire with Fire,\u201d starring Bruce Willis and 50 Cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marquez Williams Guest Writer Today, Jackson State University\u2019s Department of Speech Communication and Theatre presents \u201cFreeman,\u201d written by Phillip Dean Hayes and directed by Yohance…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGuest Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n