Releases May 28, 2021
Run Time: 25 minutes
written by Idris Goodwin
directed by Robert Barry Fleming
produced in collaboration with Crux Cooperative
commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville
Inspired by the 1967 summit of prominent Black athletes who met to question Muhammad Ali about his conscientious objection to military service, this virtual project is a collaboration between playwright Idris Goodwin, director Robert Barry Fleming, and the extended reality storytellers and immersive artists of Crux Cooperative.
This work was supported by a Building Demand for the Arts grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Ali Summit in the New York Times
Read about Ali Summit in Jesse Green's Critic's Notebook article about "Plays Too Short to Miss."
How to Experience Ali Summit
Ali Summit is a project we've been developing to share on multiple digital platforms through our laboratory for new work and emergent technologies. The audiovisual play releases May 28 for streaming, and an immersive virtual reality experience is in the works for later this year.
Explore the Development of this Project
What does it mean to develop a new play in a socially distanced community? Idris Goodwin opens up his process and shares some of the inspiration behind Ali Summit on his website.
Community Conversation
This video from our virtual event centers on themes from Ali Summit, as well as the entire year of programming at Actors Theatre of Louisville and our evolution into an arts and culture organization as social enterprise.
