Fetch Clay, Make Man

Strength, Resilience, Pride

“Rush to the Douglas!” -- Los Angeles Times 

“A powerfully acted play” -- Los Angeles Times 

“Ray Fisher and Edwin Lee Gibson give knockout turns.” -- Entertainment Weekly 

“The work attains an impressive power in performance” -- Los Angeles Times 

“Under the nimble direction of Debbie Allen, the actors endow ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man,’...with a flesh-and-bones truth that transcends the script.” -- Los Angeles Times 

In the days leading up to one of Muhammad Ali's (formerly Cassius Clay) most anticipated fights, the heavyweight boxing champion forms an unlikely friendship with the controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit (born Lincoln Perry). With a rhythmic script by award-winning performer and playwright Will Power and direction by Emmy Award® winner, Debbie Allen, Fetch Clay, Make Man explores the improbable bond that forms between two drastically different and influential cultural icons. One a vibrant and audacious youth, the other a resentful and almost forgotten relic—together as they fight to form their public personas and shape their legacies amidst the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s. This true story is as powerful and poetic as Clay himself while also humorous and irreverent like Fetchit’s signature act. Finding commonality in contradiction, Fetch Clay, Make Man examines the true meaning of strength, resilience, and pride. 

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Previews begin June 18, 2023. Opens June 25, 2023. Through July 16, 2023.* Previews (June 18 – 24) Sunday – Saturday at 8 p.m. No Monday performance. Opens Sunday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. Regular Performances (June 27 – July 16, 2023) Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. No Monday performances.

Ticket Prices: $30 – 79 (Ticket prices are subject to change.) Single tickets are available online at CenterTheatreGroup.org, by calling Audience Services at (213) 628-2772 or in person at the Center Theatre Group Box Office (at the Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles) or at the Kirk Douglas Theatre Box Office open 2 hours before performances (at 9820 Washington Blvd. in Culver City 90232).

Groups: (213) 972-7231.

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