Crossroads Project Theatre Productions
Bhopal
The Crossroads Project presented its first Indian play, Bhopal, by Rahul Varma. The play is about the 1984 Union Carbide gas plant leak that killed thousands and destroyed the lives of more than 500,000 people. Theatre alum Mark Baer directed the play with interdisciplinary events connected with Varma’s Guest Artist Residency and the production of Bhopal.
In addition, the Crossroads Project hosted a symposium titled: Corporate Environmental Responsibility: The Legacy of Bhopal held on February 28, 2011 in the CPA Concert Hall at 7:00pm.
Past Productions
- 2010-2011 – Bhopal by Varma, Rahul, directed by ISU Theatre alum Mark Baer
- 2009-2010 – In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Professor Janet Wilson
- 2008-2009 – Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron, directed by Professor Sandra Zielinski
- 2007-2008 – The Unnatural and Accidental Women by Marie Clements, directed by Professor Deb Alley
- 2006-2007 – Othello's Passion by Karen Sunde and conceived and directed by Guest Artist Shozo Sato.
- 2006-2007 – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by ISU Theatre alum Kathy Ervin
- 2005-2006 – Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz directed by MFA directing student, Kathleen Macki
- 2004-2005 – Crowns by (visiting playwright) Regina Taylor, directed by Professor Leslie Sloan Orr with lighting design by guest artist Kathy Perkins
- 2003-2004 – Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, directed by Professor Janet Wilson
- 2002-2003 – Ain't Misbehavin' by Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr. and Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller, directed by Professor Leslie Sloan Orr
- 2001-2002 – The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, directed by Professor Leslie Sloan Orr
- 2000-2001 – for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange, directed by Professor Leslie Sloan Orr
