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Beaty Takes Stage at MLK Day Observance

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2011) — Actor, singer, writer, composer Daniel Beaty takes the stage for his one-man, 43-character play play "Emergency" (formerly “Emergence-SEE!”) as the keynote performance at the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration.

Last year, this celebrated talent kicked off the university’s Cultural Diversity Festival.

The city’s Freedom March begins at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at Heritage Hall in downtown Lexington, with Beaty’s off-Broadway production following the march at 11 a.m. Beaty’s performance is sponsored by UK and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.

Beaty has received world-wide acclaim for his talents as a writer and performer. His success has been confirmed by superlative-spewing theater critics as well as sold-out performances night after night after night.

In his explosive play "Emergency" Beaty portrays a cast of 43 characters in a 90-minute performance. Through slam-poetry, character transformations and song, Beaty interprets how 43 modern New Yorkers might respond to the sudden appearance of an ancient slave ship, laden with chains and bones, next to the Statue of Liberty in New York’s harbor.

For more information, call (859) 257-4130 or visit http://www.uky.edu/MLK/