50+THE SECOND HALF Magazine | Talks to Donald Dowridge as Frederick Douglas

Mr. Donald Dowridge as FD is an exhilarating experience. Now that Donald has a lot of Mr. Douglass down pack. Being in character as this Great man of color sometimes gives him chills. Why you may ask! First of all I look maybe ninety-five percent like him. Second, both us are from Baltimore. Third, he was a slave and I was treated like a slave in foster care and with my biological father. To represent Mr. Douglass in the highest quality he deserve and the audience deserve. It's a role, responsibility, a respect that is earned and to MR. FREDERICK DOUGLASS, I REPRESENT YOU SIR WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT POSSIBLE!!!!!!