African Globe TheatreWorks to Present You Shouldnt Have Told at Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick

After twenty-seven sold-out performances of You Shouldnt Have Told at Newark Symphony Hall, African Globe TheatreWorks will bring the powerful drama to Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ in June 2003.

After twenty-seven sold-out performances of
You Shouldnt Have Told at Newark Symphony Hall, African Globe TheatreWorks will bring the powerful drama to Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ in June 2003. To spread the message of shared responsibility for abused children, African Globe TheatreWorks is offering complimentary tickets to Social Service Agencies in Middlesex and Essex Counties to attend You Shouldnt Have Told at Crossroads Theatre. African Globe hopes that the theatre experience will promote dialogue and urge individuals and families toward critical self-examination.

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Show Details:
You Shouldnt Have Told
Venue: Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 07103
Show Dates: June 2003 -- 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22
Show Times: Thursday -- Saturday: 8pm Sunday: 3pm
Ticket Price: $27

Tickets are on sale beginning Friday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. through the box office at the State Theatre, 11 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 and can be purchased by calling
1-877-STATE-11 or ordered online at www.StateTheatreNJ.org

Kabu Okai-Davies, Founder and Executive Director of African Globe TheatreWorks, notes that, This is one of the biggest risks our company will be taking in its 10-year history. At a time when many arts organizations are shrinking we seem to be expanding. Performing at Crossroads Theatre is exciting and scary at the same time, but it is a risk we believe is worth taking. Hopefully the success of this experience will motivate us to start thinking about setting up a mini season of weekend shows at Crossroads starting in September 2003."

African Globe TheatreWorks produced a hit run of 27 plus performances of You Shouldnt Have Told at Newark Symphony Hall in March and April 2003, having both morning and evening shows. You Shouldnt Have Told received rave reviews in the Star-Ledger in March 2003 that sparked overwhelming community support for the programs message. On the cusp of the Williams Boys tragedy in Newark, NJ, You Shouldnt Have Told delivered a timely message of child abuse prevention to audiences filled with the Essex and Hudson County social service agencies, schools, churches, addiction recovery facilities, and youth outreach organizations.

About You Shouldnt Have Told by Anne L. Thompson-Scretching
The searing yet hilarious drama delivers a message that struck an emotional cord in the City of Newark. This poignant story of a family in crisis, tells how a single mother deals with the discovery of her boyfriend molesting her three daughters. Hear the story of the youngest daughter, Nessa, told through the eyes of her sisters who didnt tell.

Reviews
It's a play that starts off like a cyclone before reaching hurricane strength. Then it
becomes a dramatic tornado. It only occasionally takes a pause, but each turns out
to be a small calm before the next big storm."
- Peter Filichia, The Star Ledger

These are certainly not 'The Jeffersons. And yet, in the midst of the caustic dialogue, Thompson-Scretching manages to infuse the work with more humor than an entire weekend's worth of that sitcom on a Nick-at-Nite marathon."
- Peter Filichia, The Star Ledger

About African Globe Performing Arts Organization
African Globe Performing Arts Organization is a New Jersey non-profit organization and subsidiary of the African Globe Arts and Entertainment Corporation. The non-profit performing arts organization produces African Globe TheatreWorks, Newark, N.J.s premier African American theatre company currently in its 8th season in 2002-2003. African Globe TheatreWorks is the resident theatre company at Newark Symphony Hall and the company is an associate member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. African Globes mission is to provide a cultural service to the community by creating theatrical productions and touring programs, and offering artist training.

Funding for the 2002-2003 theatre season has been made possible by contributions from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Prudential Foundation, New Jersey Theatre Alliance, Newark Arts Council, New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission, Independence Community Foundation, Jockey Hollow Foundation, Fleet Bank, E.J. Grassmann Trust, City of Newark -- HUD, Hyde & Watson Foundation, Discover Jersey Arts, and Johnson & Johnson.