Photo Flash: Abingdon Theatre Company's LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE

Abingdon Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Jan Buttram's LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE, a new play about a slave auctioneer and the one man who can save his life, with performances beginning Friday, February 3. Directed by Kate Bushmann the Off-Broadway production co-stars Peter Brouwer and Leopold Lowe.

When slave auctioneer Malcolm Jeters (Brouwer) falls from his mule in Mississippi's Natchez Trace, he is left stranded, injured and starving. Tom (Lowe), a runaway slave, discovers him, offering a sliver of hope in the vast swampland. The meeting triggers a desperate negotiation for Malcolm's rescue. Who will pay the highest price?

LOST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE runs at Abingdon Theatre Company's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre (312 West 36th Street), February 3-26: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7pm; Friday and Saturdays at 8pm; with 2pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays (with the following exception: opening, Sunday, February 12 at 5pm). Tickets are $25. For tickets and more information about Abingdon Theatre Company (312 West 36th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues), call 212-868-2055 or visit www.abingdontheatre.org.

Photo Credit: Kim T. Sharp