NewsPHOTO CALL: A Look at Abingdon Theatre Company's Lost on the Natchez TraceAbingdon Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Jan Buttram's Lost on the Natchez Trace, a new play about a slave auctioneer and the one man who can save his life, began preview performances on Feb. 3.
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Krissie Fullerton
February 06, 2012
Directed by Kate Bushmann, the Off-Broadway production co-stars Peter Brouwer and Leopold Lowe.
The piece, according to Abingdon, tells the story of slave auctioneer Malcolm Jeters (Brouwer), who falls from his mule in Mississippi's Natchez Trace, where he is stranded, injured and starving. Tom (Lowe), a runaway slave, discovers him, offering a sliver of hope in the vast swampland. "The meeting triggers a desperate negotiation for Malcolm's rescue. Who will pay the highest price?"
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A Look at Abingdon Theatre Company's Lost on the Natchez Trace
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.