Elder Eagles (rear, Thomas Robert Simpson, Gift Harris, Todd Risby) tell of the troubling times being put the stockade for requesting civil rights. Photo by: Joseph Giammarco Photo

From: Photo Flash: African-American Shakespeare Company Presents BLACK EAGLES

The African-American Shakespeare Company closes their production of Leslie Lee's Black Eagles this weekend on March 31st. The show is directed by the company's Artistic Director, L. Peter Callender. This marks a return of the company to the Marine's Memorial where it presents the extraordinary drama about the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black fighter pilots. The play opens onstage during a reception honoring the airmen. As the now-elderly WWII pilots reminisce, their younger selves join them, which serves as the basis for the story of this brave company to be retold.