Dr. Frank Dobson Jr, Executive Director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University, will join Ted Swindley ("Always..Patsy Cline"), Diane Diianni, and AAPEX founder Jaz Dorsey for the reading of YOUNG MESSIAHS FLY, November 16th . The reading will take place in Gallery F, the art gallery on the campus of Scarritt Bennett, the Nashville conference center whose agenda focuses heavily on issues of race and racism.

Young Messiahs Fly, was first presented at the Frank Silvera’s Writers Workshop in Harlem, NYC, in April of 2008. It is a revision of Dr. Dobson's full-length play, “Black Messiahs Fly” which was presented at the 2007 National Black Theatre Festival.

This reading marks the first production of the Nashville Readers Theater at Gallery F on a quarterly basis. One of the four readings each year will be of an AAPEX script.

Please click the post's title to learn more about the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt.

And stay tuned for more information regarding Young Messiahs Fly and the Nashville Readers Theater.