Professional actor/culture conservationist Charles Reese. (Photograph courtesy of Jose Montano, and used with permission.)
Not only did Charles play the title role in classmate Howard B. Simon’s acclaimed 1999 off-Broadway production, James Baldwin: A Soul On Fire–he’s also in the pre-production process for a film based on the script. And his new essay, James Baldwin, Artist As Activist and the Baldwin/Kennedy Secret Summit of 1963, has just been published in the new book, James Baldwin: Challenging Authors.
Charles talked about meeting James Baldwin, the genesis of Howard B. Simon’s play and his experiences bringing the author and activist to life onstage.
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