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Davon Suttles, a student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program, is producing his first original production: Melanized, a multimedia tap dance show about the strength it takes to live as a person of color, as well as the beauty of living as a POC.
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Suttles is the choreographer and co-producer of and a performer in the show, which runs October 3 through 13 at the Hennepin Theatre Trust Building, located at 900 Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis. For tickets and more information, click here.