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Abstract
The musical Coretta is a story that’s meant to shine a light on the woman behind Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King. Coretta was a determined woman who had her own dreams of singing center stage in the classical world. Then, she met Martin, and the spotlight shifted to him, forcing her and her dream backwards into the shadow of another. With this story, we aim to educate and share the importance of what Coretta did, what she gave up, and how it changed the way she had envisioned her life going. The idea for Coretta the musical was formed in October 2023, and has morphed into a story that we believe everybody can relate to. Whether faced with struggles of racism, sexism, marriage, peer pressure or even in school competitions, we have all experienced it in some shape or form, and we can all find our spotlight, just like Coretta.
Publication Date
7-1-2024
Campus
New York City Campus
Specialization
Writing and Production for Musical Theater
Keywords
spotlight; shadow; musical; black history; civil rights
Recommended Citation
Bullard, Letitia, "Coretta" (2024). Creative Media and Technology. 13.
https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-cmat/13