A group of students from Purchase College School of the Arts spent their summer in Times Square producing and rehearsing August Wilson’s play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the Sage Theater in the heart of Broadway.

Two of the students in the show, Caliaf St. Aubyn and Marcus Callender, are Brooklyn residents (Flatbush and Brownsville, respectively).

The cast and crew headed by director Tabitha Holbert call themselves The People Theatre Company and are drawn from the talent pool of actors and design tech students at Purchase College.

They’ve raised their own funds and pooled their resources to put on this show at the Sage Theater on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. Performances are on August 21, 22 & August 28, 29 at 8 PM.  Tickets are $20, $15 with a student ID.

The Sage Theatre is located at 711 Seventh Avenue, 2nd floor (Between 47th & 48th Streets).  For tickets: Call 603-568-4737or visit www.smarttix.com