STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of Plan-B's THE THIRD CROSSING

Plan-B continues 2011/12 season with the world premiere of Debora Threedy's THE THIRD CROSSING.

Meet the cast in the video!

Although the 2010 Census confirms that 1 in 5 Utahns is now a member of an ethnic minority, an immigration bill fashioned after Arizona's controversial law was signed into law during Utah's 2011 Legislative Session. On a broader scale, it was recently considered newsworthy to disclose that Michelle Obama also has a white ancestor. Sadly, there appears to be no end in sight for the micro- and macro-fascination (and uneasiness) Americans feel regarding issues of race.

Plan-B is honored to produce the world premiere of Debora Threedy's THE THIRD CROSSING (winner of the 2010 Fratti-Newman Politcal Play Contest). This production will be Plan-B's third of Debora Threedy's work in five seasons (following THE END OF THE HORIZON in 2008 and WALLACE in 2010).

THE THIRD CROSSING confronts interracial relationships and the impact our society's prejudices have on those who dare to love across the color line. Further, it examines how the offspring of interracial relationships trouble and destabilize our conceptions of racial identity. The play explores the story of the "founding couple" of interracial relationships, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, through Jefferson's own writings, lectures by a feminist scholar studying Sally Hemings, excerpts from actual trials for violations of anti-miscegenation laws, a conversation with the plaintiffs in the historic case - Loving v. Virginia - that struck down such laws, the story of a contemporary woman who learns of her father's dark secret after his death and an interview with a scientist who speaks of the myth of race from a biological perspective.

March 8-18, 2012

Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner | 138 W 300 S | SLC

Thursday & Friday at 8pm | Saturday at 4pm & 8pm | Sunday at 2pm

Tickets $20 ($10 students) | 801.355.ARTS or planbtheatre.org

Cast Creative

Carleton Bluford Playwright - Debora Threedy

DeeDee Darby Duffin Director - Jerry Rapier

David Fetzer Costumes - Phil Lowe

Deena Marie Manzanares Lighting - Jesse Portillo

Bob Nelson Set - Randy Rasmussen

Kalyn West Sound - Cheryl Ann Cluff

Stage Management - Jennifer Freed