This season's theme centers on the writers, creators and stories that connect us through the power of language and performance.
Troy University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will open the 2026-2027 production season with Trains, a play written by Professor of Theatre Quinton Cockrell, running Thursday, Sept. 24 through Sept. 26 and Oct. 1 through Oct. 3 in the Trojan Center Theatre.
The theme for this season centers on the writers, creators and stories that…
"Trains" evolved from a monologue that was presented at the inaugural "SHINE: Illuminating Black Stories."
“Trains,” a play written by Troy University’s Professor of Theatre Quinton Cockrell, will premiere at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA on Feb. 13.
Barter Theatre, which opened in 1933, is the nation’s longest running professional theater. Cockrell said his relationship with the theater began in 2020 when he won the first Black in Appalachia play…