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The Third Crossing

KUER 90.1 | By Doug Fabrizio
Published March 6, 2012 at 9:21 PM MST

Wednesday, we're talking with Utah playwright Debra Threedy about her latest work, "The Third Crossing." It's a term Thomas Jefferson used in calculating when an interracial child would be considered "white." By his math, the children he had with his slave Sally Hemings were white, yet he never freed them or their mother. Threedy's play explores their complicated relationship, but it also confronts the fascination and uneasiness that Americans still feel regarding race some two centuries later.Plan B Theatre Company's production of "The Third Crossing" runs March 8 - 18 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City. For tickets and information, call 801-355-ARTS or click here

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Doug Fabrizio
Doug Fabrizio has been reporting for KUER News since 1987, and became News Director in 1993. In 2001, he became host and executive producer of KUER's RadioWest, a one hour conversation/call-in show on KUER 90.1 in Salt Lake City. He has gained a reputation for his thoughtful style. He has interviewed everyone from Isabel Allende to the Dalai Lama, and from Madeleine Albright to Desmond Tutu. His interview skills landed him a spot as a guest host of the national NPR program, "Talk of the Nation." He has won numerous awards for his reporting and for his work with RadioWest and KUED's Utah NOW from such organizations as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Utah Broadcasters Association, the Public Radio News Directors Association and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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