This reading is dedicated to the family of Samuel Dubose

By Derek J. Snow, directed by Daryl Harris

CW: This production includes lynching, gun violence, police violence, racist language

Silas tells the all-too-familiar story of a Black man in rural Louisiana who has just been lynched by a mob in 1930, yet finds himself mysteriously alive. In the events to follow, he is confronted with a choice to live again in another time as a Black Man in America and deal with some of the many complicated struggles with race and time that have always plagued this country.

Read an interview with Derek J. Snow here

To support Derek’s work at Missing Front Plate Productions:

Production Team

Stephanie Colby — Streaming/Recording Manager

Kevin Garcia — Video Editor

Daryl Harris — Director

Chloe Ash Padilla — Titles and Graphic Design

Charlotte Perez — Sound Designer

Grace Pierce — Stage Manager

Cast List

Silas LaTour — Je’Shaun Jackson

Olivia Dotson — A.J. Baldwin

Vincent — Trystan Peters

Marlene Hartfield — Britt Graves

*Stage Directions — Delaney Wilson

Special Thanks

Tyler Gabbard (graphic design of black & white tree image)

Derek J. Snow (graphic design of production poster image)

Northern Kentucky University Department of Theatre and Dance