Drama, Kate T. Billingsley, Estelle Parsons, Sam Waterston, John Douglas Thompson, 30 minutes, 30+ minutes, 2m, Apologies, Restaurants, Media, America, Racism, Historical, Dred Scott, Family Playing on Air Drama, Kate T. Billingsley, Estelle Parsons, Sam Waterston, John Douglas Thompson, 30 minutes, 30+ minutes, 2m, Apologies, Restaurants, Media, America, Racism, Historical, Dred Scott, Family Playing on Air

A MAN OF HIS TIME by Kate T. Billingsley

 
Sam Waterston and John Douglas Thompson
 

In A Man of His Time by Kate T. Billingsley, a descendant of Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney (who handed down the disastrous 1857 Dred Scott decision) invites a descendant of Dred Scott to meet him at a highway diner halfway between Virginia and Vermont. Scott shows up.

It stars Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields, “Law and Order,” “The Newsroom,” “Grace and Frankie”) as the contemporary Taney and the acclaimed stage star John Douglas Thompson (TONY nomination for Jitney, Satchmo at the Waldorf, Othello) as the contemporary Scott. Estelle Parsons (Oscar win for Bonnie and Clyde, “Roseanne,” August, Osage County) directs. It is written by Kate T. Billingsley and recorded and co-presented at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at New York Public Radio. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation moderated by our Producing Artistic Director, Claudia Catania.

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