New Federal Theatre to Host Post-Show Discussion Following FREIGHT

On Sunday, October 29, immediately after the 2:30 pm matinee of "FREIGHT: the five incarnations of Abel Green," New Federal Theatre will host a discussion among Artistic Director Woodie King, Jr., playwright Howard Craft and actor Alphonse Nicholson about incarnation, playwriting, and acting.

"FREIGHT: the five incarnations of Abel Green" by Howard Craft, directed by Joseph Megel, starring J. Alphonse Nicholson, depicts an African American "Everyman" who exists in five dimensions of America's modern era. In each incarnation--as minstrel, cult leader, FBI informant, struggling actor and fallen mortgage broker--he is trapped between the American Dream and the American Nightmare. We witness the trials of a simple man trying to make decisions that will allow him to survive in what the great African-American poet Claude McKay called "this cultured hell that tests my youth." The piece was initially developed by Craft, Megel and Nicholson at StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was presented Off-off Broadway by StreetSigns/New Dog Productions at HERE in July and August, 2015, where it received glowing reviews and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. Woodie King's New Federal Theatre is now presenting the piece to share it with a wider audience, to elevate this resonant play to the Off-Broadway level and to introduce playwright Howard L. Craft to New York audiences, especially African Americans.

The piece is running Off-Broadway through November 19 at Castillo Theatre, 543 W. 42ND Street. For tickets, visit www.newfederaltheatre.com.

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