Dr. Du Bois & Miss Ovington (2020)

First produced at NFT during the 2013-14 season.

DR. DU BOIS AND MISS OVINGTON captures a moment of crisis between a black man and a white woman, friends and activist allies, at a time of increasing violence against the African-American community, as World War I unfolds. W.E.B. Du Bois and Mary White Ovington, two co-founders of the NAACP, find themselves unexpectedly alone in their New York City office on a Sunday morning, June 1915.

Presented as part of the 2020-21 Season

NFT Online production opened October 9, 2020

Artist Credits

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Credit	Artist	Photo
Playwright	Clare Coss
Director	Gabrielle Kurlander
Stage Manager	Mason Brooks
Actor	Kathleen Chalfant
Actor	Peter Jay Fernandez

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All 2020-21 Season productions:

• Do Lord Remember Me (2020)
• Dr. Du Bois & Miss Ovington (2020)
• From the Mississippi Delta (2020)
• Hospice (2021)
• Ma Rose
• Medal of Honor Rag (2020)
• She Speaks, He Speaks, Generations Speak: Black Words Matter
• Stories About the Old Days
• The Meeting (2021)
• When the Chickens Came Home to Roost (2021)
• Widows (2021)