In addition to Richardson, attendees included Michael Tick, dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University Trustee Vincent Cohen Jr.
In addition to refining the conversations that comprise the play, several well-known actors were added to the cast- Da’Vinchi (Grownish), Tristan Mack Wilds (The Wire) and Luke James (The Chi), who sings in this version-which rounded out the cast of Broadway veterans. Richardson and his wife Johansy joined other Syracuse alumni and faculty on Broadway to see how the show had evolved during the two-year period that included a pandemic shut-down and widespread outcry and reckoning over social justice issues.
A fundraiser for the Our Time Has Come Scholarship Fund, the event was followed by a reception at the Community Folk Art Center to honor Exonerated Five member Kevin Richardson H’20, beginning an association with Syracuse University that culminated in Richardson’s honorary degree. The Office of Multicultural Advancement held an event for alumni that included a panel talk with the play’s author, Keenan Scott II, and director Steve H. A year later, the show made its world premiere at Syracuse Stage. Three years earlier, at a gathering at Lubin House, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Advancement and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the first public reading of the play was held by then director Taye Diggs ’93. 11, 2021, when nearly 150 Syracuse University alumni gathered in New York City to view and discuss the Broadway production of Thoughts of a Colored Man. Thoughts of a Colored Man Spurs Reflection and Conversation Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Santana ’11, G’13.Alumni Spotlight: Gina Brown Keller ’89.Alumni Spotlight: Tamekia Flowers-Ball ’97.Alumni Spotlight: Judge Donine Carrington ’91.Alumni spotlight: Fatimah Muhammad Moody ’90 and Rosann Santos ’95.Alumni Spotlight: Traci Cohen Dennis ’90, Ph.D.Alumni Spotlight Expand Collapse section.Leaders Program Expand Collapse section.Patricia and Melvin Stith Graduate Student Fund.The Scholarships Expand Collapse section.Scholarship Program Expand Collapse section.Office of Multicultural Advancement Advisory Council.A Message from AVP Rachel Vassel ’91, G’22.
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