This article announces that leadership for
the outdoor drama Strike at the Wind! has been assumed
by a new organization, Carolina Arts Network. In conjunction
with this change, playwright Randolph Umberger and music composer
Willie French Lowery signed over the rights to their work on
the play to this organization. The change is supported by members
of Robeson Historical Drama, which operated the play for twenty-five
years.
Carolina Arts Network plans to apply for funding
through federal grants or loans to give the play a bigger budget
for costumes, actor training, actor salaries, and production
support. The group also wants to market the drama beyond the
local region and get drama students at UNC-Pembroke and other
colleges involved.
The play has not been performed since 2003.
Carolina Arts Network plans to reopen it in 2006.
The phone number for Carolina Arts Network
is 910-521-0835. Strike at the Wind's web site, www.strikeatthewind.com,
will launch a new design in a few weeks.
