New Horizon’s 32nd season ends with romantic comedy, ‘The Nacirema Society’

THE ROMANTIC COMEDY “THE NACIREMA SOCIETY” CLOSES OUT THE NEW HORIZON THEATER INC., SEASON. (PHOTOS BY BRETT D. ALLEN)& by Genea L. Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier Secrets, romance, love and the uplifting of womanhood are some of the themes tackled in Pearl Cleage’s play, “The Nacirema Society.” “They are celebrating 100 years of the society,” said director Eileen J. Morris, who has been working with New Horizon Theater Inc., for 25 years. The former Pittsburgh resident who currently resides in Houston, Tex., typically directs the theater’s season-ending production and is ecstatic to have been a part of the selection process to choose “The Nacirema Society” for the theater. “The blessing is, we have a diverse array of stories we are telling, and it gives audiences a new perspective on life and that’s what art should do,” Morris told the New Pittsburgh Courier. “New Horizon has steadily been producing plays; they are constantly coming up with new things like the current partnership with the O’Reilly Theater. These collaborations open doors and allow the theater to explore new opportunities and form new relationships.” Set in the post-civil rights era in Montgomery, Alabama, “The Nacirema Society” tells the story of two Alabama...