Crossroads Theatre Company Announces Their 2009-2010 Season

Crossroads Theatre Comapny, recipient of the 1999 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in the United States, is one of the nation's premiere African American theater.  Crossroads is the first African American theater to receive this honor in the 33-year history of this special award category. Crossroads Theatre Company announces four new plays for their 2009-2010 season.

FLY by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan
October 1-18 World Premiere

Hope. Endurance. Accomplishment. FLY brings to life the famed African-American Army Air Corps fighters known as the Tuskegee Airmen who flew during World War II.

3 MO' DIVAS conceived and directed by Marion J. Caffey
November 19-December 6

Marion J. Caffey's 3 MO' Divas is an exciting musical journey starring Laurice Lanier, Nova Y. Payton, and Jamet Pittman celebrating the amazing versatility of the female voice! For more information, visit www.3modivas.com

THROUGH THE NIGHT Written and Performed by Daniel Beaty
February 11-21 (World Premiere)

A series of events brings together six males who span the ages from ten to sixty and who are in different life stage across American society.

THE LAST FALL by Stephanie Berry
April 15-May 2 (World Premiere)

A series of dramatic flashbacks is utilized to follow the relationship of two fifty-somethings and the difficult truths they must face in this romantic comedy.

The Crossroads Theatre Company is dedicated to creating and producing professional theatre of the highest standards of artistic excellence that celebrates the culture, history, spirit and voices of the entire African Diaspora, presents honest and positive portrayals of people of color from around the world, provides a nurturing working environment for writers and artistic collaborators through supporting the commissioning, development, presentation and documentation of new scripts, uses art to provoke and challenge a multicultural audience to a higher sense of communion, and educates audiences by creating bridges of understanding between people of all cultural backgrounds in this society and the world

Crossroads Theatre Company is located at 7 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.  To order tickets, call 732-545-8100 or visit http://crossroadstheatrecompany.org

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