Crossroads Theatre Company Presents THE LAST FALL 4/15-5/2

The Last Fall is a poignant love story that follows two fifty-somethings as they mature in life and love while facing difficult truths. The audience follows Rhea, an urban school teacher, and Neville, a Trinidad-born taxi driver, as they struggle with the challenges before them. The Last Fall was presented at the Crossroads Theatre Company 2009 Genesis Festival as a reading where it was a rousing success

Written By: Stephanie Berry: critically acclaimed for her central role in the film Finding Forrester which starred Sean Connery, Obie Award winner for her performance in the one woman play The Shaneequa Chronicles: The Making of a Black Woman which she also wrote. The Shaneequa Chronicles is a poignant, energetic performance about the complexities facing an African American woman growing up in 1960s America. Berry is also the founder of Blackberry Productions in New York which presents original works and engages in community outreach.

Directed by: Lynda Gravatt returns home to Crossroads-this time to debut as director for The Last Fall. Her Crossroads' stage performances include The Disappearance by Ruby Dee, The Screened in Porch and Home. Ms. Gravatt has appeared on Broadway in 45 seconds From Broadway, King Hedley II, and Doubt and as understudy for Phylicia Rashad in the recent production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Cast: Roscoe Orman: A multi-faceted performer with over forty years of experience as an actor and entertainer in theater, film and television, Roscoe Orman's career, particularly as the beloved "Gordon Robinson" on TV's Sesame Street, has touched literally millions of people the world over. Orman studied acting at Circle In The Square Theatre School and singing at the Manhattan School of Music. An early member of the Free Southern Theater in the mid-1960s, he toured throughout the South for two years and was also a founding member of Harlem, New York's famed New Lafayette Theatre from 1967 to 1972. As an award-winning theater actor, he has performed in over 50 productions on the stages of Broadway, off-Broadway, regional, and repertory theaters across the country.

Orman made his film debut in the title role of Universal Pictures' Willie Dynamite in 1973 and has also appeared in Follow That Bird, FX, Striking Distance, New Jersey Drive, Full Court Press, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and Twilight's Last Gleaming. In addition to the multiple Emmy Award-winning Sesame Street, television audiences have seen him on such programs as Sanford and Son, Kojak, All My Children, Hard Time on Planet Earth, A Man Called Hawk, Law and Order, Cosby, and Sex and the City. A busy voice-over artist, Orman has narrated and/or hosted such documentaries as Langston Hughes: The Dreamkeeper for PBS, Heritage of the Black West for National Geographic, Lifeline for the Discovery Channel, and Images in Black and White for ESPN.

Lizan Mitchell has performed on stage on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theatre throughout the U.S. and in Johannesburg, South Africa. On television she has been featured in Law and Order, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The Wire, Guiding Light, and All My Children; and in movies The Preacher's Wife, John Adams, Having Our Say, and The Human Stain. She has received the Helen Hayes Award, The Audelco Award, and Black Theatre Award for Best Actress.

Performances: Evenings at 8:00 April 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 and May 1.
Matinees at 3:00 April 18, 24, 25 and May 1 and 2.

Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes (two acts)
Press Night/Opening Night: Saturday April 17 at 8:00 PM
Tickets: $40 - $65 may be purchased on line at www.CrossroadsTheatreCompany.org or by calling 732-545-8100.
Location: Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Website: www.CrossroadsTheatreCompany.org
Telephone: 732-545-8100

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