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All Black Cast Brings New Voice To Theatre Classic "Our Town"

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Durham's Little Green Pigtheatre company is performing the classic story of small town life, "Our Town.” But this show differs from traditional performances of the production because it features an all-black cast.

Host Frank Stasio talks with artistic director Jay O'Berski, actor Aurelia Belfieldand actor Alphonse Nicholson about the cast, the show and the new interpretation of a classic play.

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.