Brendan Plate

The Human Race Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals, has announced the three-play line-up for its 2012 Festival of New Musicals.

The Human Race Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals, has announced the three-play line-up for its 2012 Festival of New Musicals.

The Human Race Theatre, Dayton's own professional theatre company, will present Caroline, Or Change, the Multi-Tony-nominated musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori at The Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main St., Dayton, November 3 -20. Showtimes are 8pm Wed-Sat, 2pm Sun, and 7pm November 6 & 8.

It's 1963. Martin Luther King has just told the world of his dream. John F. Kennedy is about to be assassinated. And in the basement of a Jewish family's home in Louisiana, their African-American maid spends her days doing laundry and being the only friend of a boy who has lost his mother.