Buffalo Soldier

Written by Mitch Hale

Directed by Shawn Whitsell

Presented by Destiny Theatre Experience for the Shades of Black Theatre Festival

Buffalo Soldier is stirring drama that takes place when, in the summer of 1874, three soldiers of the “all negro” tenth cavalry and their white commander go on a dangerous reconnaissance mission to establish an outpost in the heart of Comanche territory. Shortly after making camp they inadvertently capture a Comanche brave and soon discover that he is none other than Chief Quanah Parker, the government’s most wanted renegade. As the night grows darker, the life and death stakes get higher. The tensions that erupt are multilevel and multiracial: between the black soldiers and their white captain, between the soldiers and the defiant warrior–and mostly, among the soldiers themselves, of which the LA Times said “GRIPPING. A wham bam, thrilling adventure that rings with clarion urgency!”

Host or Publisher Shawn Whitsell