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BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEE
WINNER - NAACP Award WINNER - ADA Award
Recently inducted into the New York Public Library Of Performing Arts
Vibrantly energetic and emotionally captivating, Black Angels Over Tuskegee continues to enlighten and educate Off-Broadway audiences after an extended opening. Presently, one of the longest running productions Off-Broadway, originally opening in January 2010 for a two-month engagement, the award-winning, historical docudrama is a narrative of six men embarking upon a journey to become the first aviators in the United States Army Air Forces during a tumultuous era of racial segregation and Jim Crow idealism in twentieth century American history. Black Angels Over Tuskegee, which is inspired by true events, is currently showcased at the Actors Temple Theatre at 339 W. 47th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in New York City.
The play uplifts and inspires audiences. The production movingly illustrates how the men unite in brotherhood to achieve a communal vision.
BAOT has performed for The Smithsonian Institute, National World War II Museum, New York Federal Bank, National Museum of the U.S. Navy, National Urban League, New York Jets Team and Staff, Buffalo Bills Team and Staff, NAACP, Bermuda International Festival, Amtrak, Tom Joyner Foundation, California African American Museum, National Black Theatre Festival, National Civil Rights Museum, Tuskegee Airmen National Convention, St Thomas, Vir2in Islands, Tuske2ee University.
The Cast of Characters
The cast consists of seven young African-American men and one Caucasian man, as follows:
• Quinten Dorsey - Outgoing, high energy, quick wit, likable
• Abraham Dorsey - Gregarious, fun, protective, competitive, intense, sensitive
• Elijah Sam - Ex-boxer turned educator, well read, peacekeeper, glue
• Percival Nash - Laid back, fun loving
• Jeremiah Jones - Quiet, loose cannon, speaks his mind, internally pained
• Theodore Franks - Soft spoken, steel presence, southern, mild mannered
• Major Roberts - Strong, intense, high energy, tyrant, demanding
• Young Man - reflective, strong presence, engaging, story teller
