The Ballad of George Zimmerman (Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege)

One-act dramatic musical  / 2m

A folk opera with text by Dan O’Brien and music by Quetzal Flores, recreating the ten minutes leading to the murder of Trayvon Martin, The Ballad of George Zimmerman explores the mind of his killer. Originally commissioned for Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays On Trayvon, Race And Privilege and produced by The New Black Fest, Keith Josef Adkins, Artistic Director. 

"The playwrights [of Facing Our Truth...] are Latino, white, Middle Eastern, Asian-American and Black ... [The theatre event] was inspired by the debates and nationwide protests that greeted George Zimmerman’s July 13 acquittal in the killing of Mr. Martin, an unarmed black teenager."

—Keith Josef Adkins, quoted in The New York Times

FEATURES

“Work Inspired by Trayvon Martin Case to Have Premiere on Thursday” by Felicia R. Lee in The New York Times

“Art in a World Shaped by Trayvon” by Zito Madu in GQ

INTERVIEW

“'The Ballad of George Zimmerman': A short play about the Trayvon Martin incident” by James Kim and John Horn in LAist