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Spotlight: A Dramatic Tribute To Trayvon Martin

Promotional photo for "The Trayvon Martin Project, Part One: A Tribute." Photo: Kristen Wheeler, KHPhotographics
Promotional photo for "The Trayvon Martin Project, Part One: A Tribute." Photo: Kristen Wheeler, KHPhotographics

A coalition of local writers, performers, and theatre groups has come together to explore some difficult issues surrounding the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin in Sanford and Jordan Davis in Jacksonville.

“The Trayvon Martin Project, Part One: A Tribute” is an evening of six short original plays running October 3rd, 4th, and 5th at Valencia College East Campus Black Box Theatre.

The group Beth Marshall Presents is heading up the collaboration with Penguin Point Productions and Valencia. Two additional productions on the topic are expected from the collaboration over the next year.

Producing Artistic Director Beth Marshall and writer/Penguin Point Producer James Brendlinger sat down with 90.7’s Nicole Creston to talk about the project.

Marshall says she saw social media set ablaze by the events surrounding Trayvon Martin’s shooting, and she knew she wanted to create an outlet for Central Florida’s artistic community – including herself – to be heard.

More information on "The Trayvon Martin Project" is available at the Beth Marshall Presents website.

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Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined WMFE in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.