ENTERPRISE actor
Anthony Montgomery ('Mayweather') will take the stage Thursday in Los Angeles in a new production of the Leroi Jones play DUTCHMAN, and the actor spoke with fans about the production in his recent
StarTrek.com chat.
"Anyone who doesn't know the piece DUTCHMAN, it's a very intense play by Leroi Jones, a very intense piece," he said. "It's going to make the audience very uncomfortable. You'll hear things come out Anthony's mouth as Clay which you would never hear come out of Travis' mouth."
Montgomeryh, who also produces the play, says the story is packed full of racial tension. He plays 'Clay', an African-American who interacts with 'Lula' (Deborah Dir), a white American, on a train ride.
"In a nutshell, Clay is minding his own business on a train, Lula engages him, excites him, propels him, ignites him," he says. "Keep in mind this is during a time when the world was in an even greater state of civil unrest, a time when blacks were not supposed to be conversational with whites unless they needed to be. All the tension that was of that time, there's excitement, there will be some laughs but it's not a comedy. It's very intense. The reason why I'm doing this is because my director, Cedric, wanted me to play Clay with him as the director, and I wanted to produce a piece. This is the first thing I've produced in my life. And I love the theatre, I got my training in the theatre and that's where my heart lies."
The actor couldn't get away without hinting at the new season of ENTERPRISE and he says Mayweather will develop nicely with the show's new direction.
"There's not a lot that they've already told us other than the fact that our show is going to be a lot edgier, which is ridiculous, because we've been pretty edgy as it is. You'll see Travis get to showcase himself more, within the structure of writing for his episodes. You'll see more confidence in Travis."
You can read the complete transcript, in which Montgomery also talks about his favorite ENT episode "Horizon," weight-lifting and other subjects here.
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