Written by Yolanda Androzzo
Produced by Writers Theatre
Directed by Tyrone Phillips
Grades 6 - 12

The MLK Project is a one-woman show that follows a Chicago student's personal transformation through studying the Civil Rights Movement. Alaya uses her fists as an outlet for anger, but after interviewing local heroes of the Movement she discovers she can put “anger into action” and that her power is in her voice and her hip hop, not violence. Weaving together real interviews, poetry, hip-hop, history and multimedia projections, the performance features stories of both celebrated and unsung Chicago-based Civil Rights Activists.