How I Got Over: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson

Created and adapted by Nate Jacobs
World Premiere

July 13- August 14, 2016

WBTT will raise the roof in song as we celebrate the magnificent Queen of Gospel and other gospel greats in this new musical revue. Award-winning songs like “Move On Up a Little Higher” and “His Eye Is On the Sparrow” are sung from the heart with the traditional WBTT soul. Experience the joy and hope of gospel music at this high-energy, exciting summer show.

VIDEO: See excerpts from How I Got Over: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson!

CAST AND CREATIVE

ARIEL BLUE (Maxine Robinson, Ensemble)

BRIAN L. BOYD (Narrator, Ensemble)

VICTORIA BYRD (Dancer, Ensemble)

JEFFERY CASON, JR. (Dancer, Ensemble)

EARLEY DEAN* (Preacher, Ensemble)

DERRIC GOBOURNE, JR. (Dancer)

NATE JACOBS* (Ensemble)

TARRA CONNER JONES* (Clara Jones, Ensemble)

ELAINE MAYO (Mother Brown, Ensemble)

NEYCE PIERRE (Frances Green, Ensemble)

JOSHUA THOMPSON (Dancer)

TOPAZ VON WOOD (Dancer)

 

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States