A Lesson Before Dying - Profile Theater

Written by Romulus Linney (from a novel by Earnest J Gaines); directed by Kevin E Jones
Cast:  Paul Bonin - Dennis Kelly
          Emma Glenn - Brenda Phillips
          Grant Wiggins - Carl Kennedy
          Sam Guidry - Stephan Henry
          Jefferson - Harold Warren
          Vivian Baptiste - Andrea White
          Rev Moses Ambrose - Jerry Foster

Black man accused of a crime is called a pig and condemned to death.  He responds by saying that if is called a pig he should act like a pig.  His family and community fight to convince him that no one should be defined by someone else and he must act like a man not a pig before he dies.  Nicely done!