Actor Charles S. Dutton to Perform “From Jail to Yale” at TCC South Campus
FORT WORTH, Texas (Oct. 21, 2009) Three-time Primetime Emmy Award winner Charles S. Dutton will perform his one-man autobiographical play, "From Jail to Yale. . .Serving Time on Stage" on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Tarrant County College South Campus, 5301 S. Campus Drive.
The 7:15 p.m. performance will be in the Joe B. Rushing Performing Arts Center.
Dutton may be best known as the star and executive producer of the FOX-TV comedy-drama series, "ROC." A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Dutton has enjoyed a career spanning theater, television and film. In 1997, he made his directorial debut in "First Time Felon" for HBO. He directed all six episodes of the HBO original miniseries, "The Corner," which swept the 2000 Emmy Awards in every category for which it was nominated including Dutton's win as Best Director.
After dropping out of school, Dutton was in and out of reform schools until he was sentenced to 7-1/2 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a man in a street fight when he was 17. Dutton embraced acting as a way to channel his energy in prison and joined several other inmates in a drama group.
Tickets are $40 and may be purchased on the day of the performance at the theater box. Seating is limited. For more information, contact Doris Culver, member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, co-sponsors of the event, at 817-392-7789.
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