*In Development*

FULL LENGTH - 1876. A quartet of organizers push to get Solomon Reed elected as the first Black mayor of Lochton, Louisiana. As they fight to gain the upper hand in the race, Representative James Franklin contends with a congressional body that has grown tired of federal hands in the South. With the looming Presidential election threatening to end Reconstruction and Lochton on the brink of violence, these unsung heroes come together and risk it all to demand that the nation lives up to its creed. Men of Mettle reflects on a time of hope and grapples with a future that almost was.

This play is part of a planned nine-play, multi-century-spanning cycle exploring the lives of Black Americans in pivotal moments of American history.