Ira Aldridge: Theatrical Trailblazer

Ira Aldridge:
Theatrical Trailblazer
An online exhibit presented by
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Conceived by Jean Thompson and Lesley Malin
Curated by Dr. Erin Bone Steele and Michael Lonegro
Sponsored by Scott Helm and Lesley Malin
Special thanks to:
Gabriel Tenabe, Director, The James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University
Dr. Shirley Basfield Dunlap, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Theatre Arts, Morgan State University
Dr. David Wilson, President, Morgan State University
Created in conjunction with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s production of Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti, February 2–25, 2018

First exhibited in print form at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, February 13–28, 2018

Online exhibit microsite designed and developed by Michael Lonegro

Exhibit content on this microsite is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.