Colony Theatre

A stirring drama about one of the 1st freed slaves to graduate from an American university - and he did it almost forty years before the Emancipation Proclamation. Located on a true story, Free Man of Color explores the life of John Newton Templeton, a fascinating but forgotten figure in our history. A young African-American scholar, he learns in the course of the play that with liberty comes great responsibility and that his future is not as obvious as the color of his skin.