Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Mark Cryer is off to Baton Rouge, La. where he may perform in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, at the Swine Palace, Louisiana State University's professional theatre. He is understudy for the role of Toledo. The play centers around Ma Rainey and her blues band as they struggle with the price of success in 1927 Chicago. Black Bottom opened on Sept. 24.
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