Drama, Music, Mime - "God's Work at Play"
Contact Information:
CrossWise Players
Box 764736
Dallas, TX 75376
Fax: 972-291-3400
Email to Leon McWhorter or Alan Elliott
Organization
CrossWise Productions is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing God's word to the Dallas community through fine arts. Click here for a list of the Board of Directors.
The CrossWise Players are a community drama group formed in 1991 at Tyler Street United Methodist Church to bring quality Christian drama to the stage. The CrossWise Players perform not only at their home church, but also at other churches and in community theaters.
The Sounding Joy is a community choir first organized in 1972. It currently regroups each Christmas season to perform Christmas music at various Dallas area community events. The Sounding Joy manager is Alan Elliott.
CrossWise Mime is directed by Laura Kent. After having been involved in a Christian mime group begun in the early
1990's, Laura has recently reformed this group and has big dreams for its
future.
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Leon McWhorter is a local production manager with a Dallas radio station and has directed most of the CrossWise Players productions including Stained, The Vision, and Closure: The Problem with Money and Christmas Break. These productions have established this young troupe as one of the quality community drama groups in the Dallas area. "Our purpose is to raise the quality of family and Christian drama to new levels of excellence," says McWhorter. "Dozens of committed and talented volunteers have worked hundreds of hours to make sets, design costumes, and prepare this production to be professional and memorable." Contact at info@crosswiseplayers.com. | |
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Alan Elliott is a local author and serves as publicist for The CrossWise Players and is manager of The Sounding Joy. He is co-author with Leon McWhorter of Stained and Closure: The Problem with Money and Christmas Break. Alan is also the author of the book A Daily Dose of the American Dream, Stories of Success, Triumph and Inspiration published by Rutledge Hill Press. For more information about Alan, go to his homepage at http://www.alanelliott.com. Contact at alan@crosswiseplayers.com. | |
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Alan Blunt - Director for CrossWise Youth Productions. Alan has acted in a number of CrossWise productions over the years and served as an assistant director on several plays. Alan has directed the CrossWise Youth in The Night of The Day, The Road to Jericho, The Old Faith Hope and Charity and Snapshots and Portraits. | |
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Mike Brooks - Music Director. Mike is an accomplished keyboardist and has arranged, written, and directed the past two "CrossWise Christmas" programs (2000 and 2001). He is also the upcoming music director for Stained, to be presented in October 2002. | |
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Laura Kent - Director of Mime Ministry - Laura Kent is a project administrator for a national construction firm. She and her family have been active in CrossWise Productions in various roles from the beginning. Laura has served in a wide variety of leadership roles in the church and is very excited about the potential for sharing God's word in a fresh way through CrossWise Mime. | |
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"The Crew" -- This is the core of the stage crew that makes the magic happen with the sets -- Garry Wolford, Paul Gray and Mike Brooks. For play after play these guys have designed sets that make CrossWise plays stand heads and shoulders above most community theater productions. Our thanks go to them for their efforts and for the commitment to bring Christ to the community, | |
