Creative Team
Alice Childress - Playwright Cherissa Richards - Director Cory Sincennes - Set Designer Sarah Uwadiae - Costume Designer Kevin Humphrey - Lighting Designer Ashley Au - Sound Designer Tré Cotten - Dialect Coach Tom Soares - Voice & Dialect Coach Melissa Langdon - Assistant Director Kate George - Apprentice Costume Designer Lisa Russell - Stage Manager Paige Lewis - Assistant Stage Manager Devon Helm - Apprentice Stage Manager Cast Alanna Bridgewater - Wiletta Mayer Andrew Broderick - John Nevins Oscar Derkx - Eddie Fenton Reena Jolly - Millie Davis Jodi Kristjanson - Judy Sears Glenn Nelson - Henry Alex Poch-Goldin - Bill O'Wray Geoffrey Pounsett - Al Manners Alvin Sanders - Sheldon Forrester |
Production Photos by Dylan Hewlett
At a Broadway theatre in 1957, rehearsals are underway for a new play. Behind the scenes, veteran Black actors are dispensing advice to their young cast-mate. For them, playing a role has become a way of life. At the same time, the white director expects raves for showing enlightenment even though his actions fall short. Meanwhile in the play-within-a-play, the Black sharecroppers look for the vote but find nothing but trouble.