The “Cassius Project” is an educational and community engagement initiative focused on social justice and racial equity created in collaboration with Metro Theater Company surrounding its 2016 production of “And In This Corner:  Cassius Clay.”  Educate.Today is proud and honored to be a collaborative partner in this endeavor through the production of a series of videos and related educational materials.

Originally developed to “offer a series of community programs, wrap-around tools and resources related to the production to educate audiences and then engage and empower them to find ways to get personally involved in making St. Louis a stronger community,” these videos and materials are designed to take the project to an even wider audience of students, educators, theater lovers, and community change agents across the country.

Through the story of young Cassius Clay growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, playwright Idris Goodwin explores powerful and compelling issues and themes and invites us to participate in important conversations about bullying, identity, racism, community, and the capacity for empowerment and difference making in all of us.

Videos and educational materials in the project are designed for students and teachers in grades 3 through 12 to be used for cross-curricular exploration and building wide conversation as well as within the specific curriculum areas of Language Arts, Theater/Drama, Social Studies/History, and Character Education.

Video resources in this series may be seen in the “Related Column” to the right.  They include:

• An interview with playwright Idris Goodwin
• An interview with the play’s director and cast
• Three scenes from the play
• An interview on boxing and fight choreography in the play

Related educational materials available through the project may be seen below as well as with individual videos in the series.

Exciting News!  Virtual Field Trip Now Available!  Take your students on a Virtual Field Trip to view a performance of the entire play.  View our recording of a 2016 performance and interact with individuals involved in the production.  To learn more, check out information from Metro Theater Company available here.

For more Educate.Today resources created in collaboration with Metro Theater Company, click here.