The Negro Ensemble Company presents: "The Mire" (excerpted) and "With Aaron’s Arms Around Me" (excerpted) at the Cherry Lane Theater, directed by Charles Weldon circa Dec, 2010. Misha Gutkin for Voices of America interviews the director, Charles Weldon and the playwright, Sophia Romma.

NEW YORK -- Negro Ensemble Company (www.necinc.org), America's legendary black theater company, will present "With Aaron's Arms Around Me and The Mire," an evening of two one-acts by Sophia Romma, a Russian-American playwright, both on the theme of intolerance. The first play, "With Aaron's Arms Around Me," is directed by Negro Ensemble Company's Artistic Director, […]