(January 18 to February 13, 2011) He played Slow Drag in August Wilson's play, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," in a Brown-Forman Series production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Jonathan Butler-Duplessis (Sylvester); Jonathan Gillard Daly (Irvin); Anthony Fleming III (Levee); Joshua Loren (Policeman); Erynn Mackenzie (Dussie Mae); William McNulty (Sturdyvant); Greta Oglesby (Ma Rainey); Ernest Perry Jr. (Cutler) and Alfred H. Wilson (Toledo) in the cast. Ron OJ Parson was director. This production was dedicated in memory of Israel Hicks. D.D. Williamson & Co. were sponsors.
