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The Birth of a Nation and the Path to Today’s America

Code: MT21802

Dates: September 16 - October 21, 2025

Meets: 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Sessions: 5

Location: Creutzburg Center 101

Course Fee: $79.00

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Use classic film to analyze contemporary society.  Beginning before the Civil War, discuss the Jim Crow era, the rise of the first and newer Klan, the dawn of the new white supremacy, and today’s policies that racism no longer exists in the country.  Watch D. W. Griffith’s classic in four parts with a lecture and discussion before and after.
Fee: $79.00
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Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 79.00
Optional FeeDonation$ 0.00

Creutzburg Center 101

260 Gulph Creek Road
(in Harford Park)
Radnor, PA 19087
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Neal Newman

Over the past 40 years, Neal Newman has directed extensively in classical, Shakespeare, modern theater, musicals, and opera. He trained as an actor at California State University, and trained in Shakespeare at ACT of San Francisco, where he directed A CRY OF PLAYERS, and THE CRITIC, and acted the title role in RICHARD II. He trained as a director at Carnegie Mellon, and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. He directed many Off-Broadway productions in New York (DANCE ON A COUNTRY GRAVE, CRADLE WILL ROCK, ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD); ran a summer stock company, (ROBBER BRIDEGROOM, TAMING OF THE SHREW); and directed five seasons of Shakespeare in the Park in Philadelphia, (MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, HAMLET, HENRY IV). Opera productions include many by Gilbert & Sullivan, BOHEME, and CARMEN. He was a New York Critic for Show Business Magazine for 7 years, and continues as a record producer. He has taught and directed at The Walnut Street Theater, Fordham University (CABARET, FIGARO); University of the Arts (SEAGULL, CRUCIBLE); Cabrini College (MISS JULIE, 2 GENTLEMEN OF VERONA); and the University Of Pennsylvania, (MIKADO). At Steel River Playhouse he directed RAGTIME, MIRACLE WORKER, CHRISTMAS CAROL, BLITHE SPIRIT and TOYS IN THE ATTIC. As an actor, Neal has appeared at Steel River in THE CRUCIBLE, (Danforth) and PIPPIN, (Charlemange). He was co author of GOLDILOCKS AND THE DOWN HOME BEARS presented at Steel River, and will soon present a reading of the new musical LITTLE PRINCESS. Neal recently presented BIRTH OF A NATION, AND THE FOUNDING OF WHITE SUPREMACY at MLSN.

nealnewman@gmail.com

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