The Golden Age Theater at George Washington University

On 4 May, 2009, Galaxy Press and Author Services put on a theatrical performance of the L. Ron Hubbard story, The Crossroads, at the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington DC.


With over 200 people in attendance, the cast which was composed of Jim and Tamra Meskimen, Josh R. Thompson, John Mariano and Dion Graham performed the story in front of a very interested audience. The comments after the performance showed that it was generally not known how prolific Mr. Hubbard was as a fiction writer during the 30s and 40s. There were many comments about the story itself, it being as applicable today as it was during the Great Depression.

Prior to the performance the GWU Archivist and Historian spoke about the "George Washington University through the eyes of L. Ron Hubbard." This covered the time period of 1930 - 1933 when Mr. Hubbard attended the university as a very active student on all fronts. It included the fact that he started his writing career on the campus at GWU.

One GW student said, "I had no idea he had written so much. All these books. It's hard to imagine. I really, really liked the story tonight. So funny. So amazing. I thought I knew about L. Ron Hubbard but I really didn't know all this. This was a really great evening."

With the success at GWU the same performance was repeated at the Martin Luther King Library and the Armed Forces Retirement Home in DC where the public were similarly impressed with the story and the theatrical presentation.

Jim Meskimen giving autographs after the show at GWU