Raisin October 3 to November 11, 2018 Book by Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzburg, Music by Judd Woldin, Lyrics by Robert Brittan, Based on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

Book by Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzburg
Music by Judd Woldin
Lyrics by Robert Brittan
Based on Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun"

 

VIDEO: See excerpts from Raisin!

 

CAST AND CREATIVE

TODD BELLAMY II (Ensemble)

BRIAN L. BOYD (Walter Lee Younger)

EARLEY DEAN* (paster)

JOANNA FORD* (Ruth Younger)

SIEGLINDA FOX (Mrs. Johnson)

DONALD FRISON (Ensemble)

KIARA HINES (Beneatha Younger)

BRENTNEY J. (Ensemble)

JANNIE JONES* (Mama Lena Younger)

ANGELA Pierre (Ensemble)

SAMUEL WAITE (Travis Younger)

ARTHUR WESLEY (Ensemble)

JIM WEAVER (Director and Choreographer)

BRENNAN STYLEZ (Music Director)

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

 

Langston Hughe's Black Nativity December 12, 13, 19. 20, 21, 2018 at the Sarasota Opera House; Produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois

Adapted by Nate Jacobs

 

VIDEO: See excerpts from Black Nativity!

 

CAST AND CREATIVE

SYREETA S. BANKS* (Lead Vocalist) 

TODD BELLAMY II (Ensemble)

DAYSHA BROWN (Ensemble) 

SHAWN CACCIOLA (Ensemble)

 L. CHANTÉ /LYNETTE WHITE (Ensemble)) 

 TARRA CONNER-JONES* (Archangel Gabriel)

EARLEY DEAN* (Dance Captain/Chief Priest/Innkeeper )

DONALD FRISON (Principal Dancer) 

DERRIC GOBOURNE JR. (Ensemble) 

HERMAN LOUIS GORDON JR. (Lead Vocalist)

JANIAH GREGORY (Ensemble) 

SAMONE HICKS (Ensemble) 

BRIA HOLLOWAY (Ensemble) 

JONATHAN ISAAC (Joseph) 

BRENTNEY  J (Ensemble) 

NATE JACOBS* (Lead Vocalist) 

EBONI D. LAVENDER (Ensemble) 

CHARLIE “CJ” MELTON (Ensemble) 

YANESSA MORILLO (Mary) 

AMBER MYERS (Ensemble) 

ARYAM JASMINE PITTS (Ensemble) 

MAICY POWELL (Ensemble) 

ROBERT RICHARDS JR. (Narrator) 

ENDESHA ROBINSON (Ensemble)          

ARTHUR WESLEY* (Ensemble)

NATE JACOBS (Director)

MATTHEW MCKINNON (Music Director)

DONALD FRISON (Assistant Director/Choreographer)

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

 

Marvin Gaye Prince of Soul November 28, 2018 to January 13, 2019 Written and Adapted by Nate Jacobs

Written and Adapted by Nate Jacobs

 

VIDEO: See excerpts from Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul!

 

CAST AND CREATIVE

ARIEL BLUE (Mother Gay)

BRIAN L.BOYD  (Frankie Gaye, understudy Marvin Gaye)

ASHLEY D. BROOKS (Gwen Gordy, Kim Weston, Ensemble)

IAN FERMY (Berry Gordy)

MICHAEL MENDEZ* (Reese Palmer, Announcer, Male Reporter, Ensemble)

RALEIGH MOSELY II * (Harvey Fuqua, Ensemble) 

LEON PITTS II* (Father Gay)

SHELDON RHODEN* (Marvin Gaye)

JAI SHANAE (Jean Gay, Tammi Terrell, Ensemble)

EMERALD ROSE SULLIVAN* (Janice Hunter Gaye, Maxine Powell, Cindy Blabber, Ensemble)

ALICIA THOMAS (Anna Gordy, Leola Gay, Ensemble)

HENRY WASHINGTON (Tommy Teller, Ensemble)

NATE JACOBS (Director)

JAMES E. “JAY” DODGE II (Music Director)

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

 

The Amen Corner by James Baldwin January 23 to March 3, 2019 presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

 

VIDEO: See excerpts from The Amen Corner!

 

CAST AND CREATIVE

SYREETA BANKS* (Margaret)

ARIEL BLUE* (Sister Boxer)

BRIAN L. BOYD (David)

SIEGLINDA FOX (Sister Moore))

LONNETTA GAINES (Sister Douglass)

BRENTNEY J (Sister Rice)

JOEL P.E. KING* (Luke)

YVE LYLES (Odessa)

ELAINE MAYO (Sister Price/Pianist)

CARVAS PICKENS (Brother Davis) 

PATRIC ROBINSON (Brother Boxer)

KHADIJA SALLET (Ida Jackson)

JAI SHANAE (Sister Sally)

CHUCK SMITH (Director)

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