Actor/director/mentor Kevin Campbell didn’t encounter too much difficulty getting a dozen or so teens to open up and jot down their visions of Charlotte in 2015. The trick in The Crossroads Teen Theater Project was getting all those restless, roaming, talented teens together in the same room to rehearse and perform their fascinating collaboration.
I caught the show back in June when it capped off the week long Once Upon on a Festival at Theatre Charlotte. Having slipped away for August in New York, I can still heartily recommend the final Crossroads reprise this Saturday at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public at Theatre Charlotte. So when I return in September, I want to hear that Crossroads bowed out to a full house.
Campbell reassures me that, although the Crossroads Project is complete, it isn’t forgotten. He’ll be showing a DVD of the show at local high schools in the near future.
This article appears in Aug 11-18, 2009.
