Purlie Victorious Panel

Two days after they took their final bows on Broadway, the cast of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, took the stage again: this time at LaGuardia High School for an audience of over 200 public school students.

The panel featured cast members Leslie Odom Jr., Kara Young, Jay O. Sanders, and Dr. Hasna Muhammad, educator, advocate, and daughter of playwright Ossie Davis and actress Ruby Dee.

“Inspiration comes from a holy place,” Odom said to the students who came from five different public schools across the boroughs of New York City. “And that [inspiration] came [to me] about seven years ago in the form of this play that I've known since I was about your age.”