Paul and Mary Crabtree moved their family in 1964 to Crossville,Tennessee atop the isolated Cumberland Plateau.

Paul Crabtree ready to tour--early in his acting career on and off Broadway.

Prior to moving to remote Crossville, Tennessee, Mary Ducey Crabtree had a Broadway career of her own during the Golden Age of Theater.

Paul Crabtree and family convinced the culturally isolated citizens of Crossville, Tennessee--a town of just 4,000—-to build a 500-seat Broadway house.

The Playhouse production of Ain’t Nothin but the Blues was one of many productions carefully curated by the Crabtrees that boasted all Black casts.