It wasn’t that long ago that a summer job could pay for next year’s college tuition. Now, by working a summer job while you’re in college, you might be able to cover a few credits and a couple months’ rent.

PALMDALE, Calif.—The Palmdale Playhouse is putting on a very unusual production this coming season called “The African Company Presents Richard III.” The nearly all-Black cast script is based on true events about America’s first all Black theater company in New York, circa 1821.