{"id":3029,"date":"2021-02-24T12:09:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T21:23:43","slug":"guest-blog-storytelling-inclusion-and-one-night-in-miami-with-carl-cofield-of-the-classical-theatre-of-harlem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/guest-blog-storytelling-inclusion-and-one-night-in-miami-with-carl-cofield-of-the-classical-theatre-of-harlem\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog: Storytelling, Inclusion, and \u201cOne Night in Miami\u201d with Carl Cofield of the Classical Theatre of Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this article<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"Carl Cofield remembers when \u201cOne Night in Miami\u201d was only a few pages of text, a knockout story, and a beautiful dream.\u00a0 Then, in 2013, while working at the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Cofield met Kemp Powers and was blown away by the playwright\u2019s latest work: a fictionalized account of a true meeting between four powerful Black men in 1964. Cofield jumped at the chance to direct the play\u2019s premiere performance. \u201cThere was a time when only a handful of people believed in this, really truly believed in it. When I flew to Los Angeles to make it, I was sleeping in Kemp Powers\u2019 son\\'s bed with my feet hanging over,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cTo see it go the full end of the spectrum, to now the world knows this story? It\\'s a beautiful thing.\u201d \u201cOne Night in Miami,\u201d now an acclaimed film, takes place on Feb. 25, 1964, when 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocked the world by knocking out heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and taking his title. After the fight, Clay -- who would soon become Muhammad Ali -- went to the Hampton House motel to celebrate with three friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football player Jim Brown. In the story, the four friends talk about their collective mission and their duty to their communities with teasing banter and heated exchanges. While imagined, the dialogue is inspired by the real men \u2014 all outspoken advocates for Black power, civil rights, and religious freedom. \u201cThemes from that era still resonate now,\u201d says Cofield. A sixth-generation Floridian, Cofield grew up in Miami, yet he didn\u2019t know about the real-life events that inspired the play and the movie. Key to telling these little-known stories \u2014 and putting a new spin on familiar stories \u2014 is to bring in more storytellers, he says, more artists with diverse backgrounds. \u201cYes, Shakespeare is valid; Moli\u00e8re is valid. But now we have to expand the canon \u2014 expand the canon for more women, for more people of color. I come from the school of thought that that does not diminish Shakespeare, but in fact validates all of the stories,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe crux of the thing is to make the table more inclusive. And by making it more inclusive, it\u2019s not a table of scarcity. It\u2019s actually a table of abundance.\u201d Cofield cites writers like Luis Alfaro and Will Power, who have reinterpreted classic Greek plays through a 21st-century multicultural lens, thereby reaching new audiences. Cofield hopes for a similar result from \u201cOne Night in Miami.\u201d Those who see the movie might then want to learn more about these four great men and the era they lived in.\u00a0 His greatest wish, however, is that the play and the movie will inspire meaningful conversations and \u201clead to dialogue, which we are sorely in need of now.\u201d \u201cI am a big proponent that the arts, if done right, create conversation. They create conversations which bring people closer together, because we realize we have more in common than we do not.\u201d As you wrap up these final days of Black History Month 2021, we encourage you to curate those conversations in your own workplace as well. Download our Black History Month Programming Guide to get started.\u00a0\", \"US English Male\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n     <\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carl Cofield remembers when \u201cOne Night in Miami\u201d was only a few pages of text, a knockout story, and a beautiful dream.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, in 2013, while working at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cthnyc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classical Theatre of Harlem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Cofield met Kemp Powers and was blown away by the playwright\u2019s latest work: a fictionalized account of a true meeting between four powerful Black men in 1964. Cofield jumped at the chance to direct the play\u2019s premiere performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/library\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8878 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NEW-TDM-Library-Display-Ad_Large-C-1024x341.png\" alt=\"TDM Library: your one-stop-shop for update, expert DEI Resources. Explore the platform with a free trial. 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When I flew to Los Angeles to make it, I was sleeping in Kemp Powers\u2019 son&#8217;s bed with my feet hanging over,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo see it go the full end of the spectrum, to now the world knows this story? It&#8217;s a beautiful thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne Night in Miami,\u201d now an acclaimed film, takes place on Feb. 25, 1964, when 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocked the world by knocking out heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and taking his title. After the fight, Clay &#8212; who would soon become Muhammad Ali &#8212; went to the Hampton House motel to celebrate with three friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football player Jim Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the story, the four friends talk about their collective mission and their duty to their communities with teasing banter and heated exchanges. While imagined, the dialogue is inspired by the real men \u2014 all outspoken advocates for Black power, civil rights, and religious freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThemes from that era still resonate now,\u201d says Cofield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sixth-generation Floridian, Cofield grew up in Miami, yet he didn\u2019t know about the real-life events that inspired the play and the movie. Key to telling these little-known stories \u2014 and putting a new spin on familiar stories \u2014 is to bring in more storytellers, he says, more artists with diverse backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYes, Shakespeare is valid; Moli\u00e8re is valid. But now we have to expand the canon \u2014 expand the canon for more women, for more people of color. I come from the school of thought that that does not diminish Shakespeare, but in fact validates all of the stories,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe crux of the thing is to make the table more inclusive. And by making it more inclusive, it\u2019s not a table of scarcity. It\u2019s actually a table of abundance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cofield cites writers like Luis Alfaro and Will Power, who have reinterpreted classic Greek plays through a 21st-century multicultural lens, thereby reaching new audiences. Cofield hopes for a similar result from \u201cOne Night in Miami.\u201d Those who see the movie might then want to learn more about these four great men and the era they lived in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His greatest wish, however, is that the play and the movie will inspire meaningful conversations and \u201clead to dialogue, which we are sorely in need of now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am a big proponent that the arts, if done right, create conversation. They create conversations which bring people closer together, because we realize we have more in common than we do not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you wrap up these final days of Black History Month 2021, we encourage you to curate those conversations in your own workplace as well. 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