In this episode of "Hub City Now", host Tyrone Tony Reed Jr. interviews the creators and collaborators of Henry Box Brown: A Musical Journey: writer and composer Mehr Mansuri, co-composer & music historian Eric Dozier, and diversity& inclusion facilitator Dr. Michelle Chamblin.

This is part one of a two-part special interview series on the acclaimed musical inspired by the true story of escaped 1850s slave Henry Brown. Brown, an 1850s enslaved Virginia man, shipped himself to freedom in a 2ftx3ft dry goods box. Henry was not only an abolitionist, but a performer, a musician and published author.

Mansuri, Dozier and Chamblin spoke about the award-winning Children’s Theatre Company of New York, a non-profit 501c3 organization, and why the CTC New York Ensemble was presenting the musical across the world.

They also spoke about the importance of Henry Brown’s story and how it relates to what has been going on in the world today.