COMING NEXT TO CROSSROADS!

Genesis Festival 2008

Giving birth to new works of theatre since 1990

   May 2, 3, and 4 
Join us for the Genesis Festival of works in progress where you have the opportunity to support and give feedback to these artists as they move forward in the creative process.  Read about the artists and their plays below and visit with them at Crossroads.
     Tickets $10 
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Friday May 2 at 8:00 pm: Iced Out, Shackled and Chained: Still Looking for the North Star
By Kisha Tamarra Spence and Mo Beasley- Directed by John-Martin Green
Satirical new work that frames dramatic parallels between the eras of slavery and Jim Crow with contemporary modern society.

Saturday May 3 at 3:00 pm: An Enchanted Land
By Dale Wasserman - Directed by Eric Ruffin
A funny and passionate journey of love and betrayal set in Haiti. Mr. Wasserman ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" & "Man of La Mancha") wrote this play out of his fascination with the "enchanted land" of Haiti and selected Crossroads Theatre Company to present it.

Saturday May 3 at 8:00 pm: Blithe Spirit
By Noel Coward - Directed by Ted Sod
Special Celebrity Reading featuring Suzzanne Douglas (The Parent Hood) and Cady Hoffman (Tony Award winner, The Producers) in a delightful English comedy-of-manners about an author's attempt to cure his writers's block.

Sunday May 4 at 3:00 pm: James Baldwin: A Witness
By Reggie Phoenix - Directed by Michole Biancosino
April 4, 1968: the novelist, essayist and playwright James Baldwin is giving an interview to a young college student on a night that will change the course of history. The interview takes a personal turn as Baldwin bears witness to his experience as an African-American intellectual in a turbulent America.