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zzz18Becoming Martin
The Coterie Presents
zzz18Becoming Martin
Written by Kevin Wilmott


The Coterie Theatre
2450 Grand Blvd
Suite 144
Kansas City, MO 64108
Crown Center Shopping Complex (Lower Level)




The mentorship Martin Luther King, Jr., receives when he enters Morehouse College at age 15. Through debate over civil disobedience concepts, Morehouse College President Dr. Benjamin Mays sets young MLK on a path towards fighting for civil rights.

In conjunction with the world premiere of Becoming Martin, The Coterie will offer In-School Workshops to that will introduce students to the events in the play and help put the story into historical context. For information and reservations visit coterie.edublogs.org.

This play is a Coterie commissioned work by noted filmmaker, screenwriter, director, and playwright, Kevin Willmott, who currently serves as a professor of film studies at Kansas University and is hailed as one of the most prolific independent filmmakers today, with films such as Ninth Street, C.S.A.: Confederate States of America, and Chi-Raq, for which he was executive producer and co-writer with Spike Lee.

The Coterie Presents
zzz18Becoming Martin
Written by Kevin Wilmott
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