Written and Directed by Layon Gray

On  the  bank of   the   James River in the colony of Virginia  1712, a slave owner named Willie  Lynch  allegedly   read  a  letter   to  teach his  methods to  slave  owners  on  how  to  keep  black  people  divided for 300 years. The play centers around three families in 2008, 1965 and  1925  that have lived in the same house over the years, and how a door could be a portal  to the past and  a  celebration to the future.

New Horizon Theater, Inc.'s (NHT) was founded with the mission to bring to the greater Pittsburgh area consistent, high-quality cultural events, reflecting the African-American points of view, and to provide an ongoing venue for ethnic writers and performers to further their professional development.

New Horizon Theater Inc.'s major accomplishments have been to manage Board and operation functions with an all-volunteer core of people.
Elva Branson assembled a core group of artists who had a series of discussions about the need for a venue for African-American performers.  An initial proposal to fund a production was written around the first play Home and the cast for the play in 1992.  A Board of Directors was put together by Elva.  They all worked to identify the mission for the theater company.  The name of the company was New Horizon Theater with artistic input from some members of the former Black Horizon Theater.  Elva worked with the organization until her move out of the State in 1996.
In 1992, one production per season was presented as New Horizon made it’s gradual ascent to it’s present five events per season.  In 1997, New Horizon applied for and received its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status under the Board leadership of Chairperson, Dr. Joyce Meggerson-Moore and Vice-Chairperson, Barbara H. Naylor.  Ernest McCarty served as Artistic Director from 1994 until 2008.
 

New Horizon Theater, Inc. has provided opportunities for more than 400 persons in all phases of theater production.