Road Kill

It’s 1955, and there’s plenty of work to be had building the new interstate in Klan country. One hitch: The young black laborers are mysteriously vanishing or, somewhat more ominously, being found embedded in concrete. These are just some of the happenings in the Black Theatre Troupe-staged East Texas Hot...

By Peter Breslin

March 27, 2008

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It’s 1955, and there’s plenty of work to be had building the new interstate in Klan country. One hitch: The young black laborers are mysteriously vanishing or, somewhat more ominously, being found embedded in concrete. These are just some of the happenings in the Black Theatre Troupe-staged East Texas Hot Links, Eugene Lee’s meditation on male bonding and betrayal. What begins as a folksy window into the everyday lives of the regular guys who gather at the Top O’ the Hill Café turns brutal as they unmask a traitor in their midst.
Thu., March 13, 8 p.m.; Fri., March 14, 8 p.m.; Sat., March 15, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 16, 3 p.m.; Thu., March 20, 8 p.m.; Fri., March 21, 8 p.m.; Sat., March 22, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 23, 3 p.m.; Thu., March 27, 8 p.m.; Fri., March 28, 8 p.m.; Sat., March 29, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 30, 3 p.m., 2008

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