Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity

Adapted and directed by Nate Jacobs

November 30 to December 23, 2016

Back by popular demand
Audiences love Black Nativity and consider this joyous show a not-to-miss holiday tradition. It is a celebration of the Nativity story with gospel, blues, spiritual, and Christmas music, paired with the poetry of Langston Hughes and the creativity of WBTT. Children and adults alike will be enthralled by this high-energy, theatrical wonderment.

Black Nativity is not included in the season subscription.

 

VIDEO: See excerpts from Black Nativity!

 

CAST AND CREATIVE

BRIAN L. BOYD (Dance Ensemble)

TARRA CONNER JONES* (Angel)

DONALD FRISON (Chief Priest/Wise Man)

ARNETTE GERMAN (Ensemble)

DERRIC GOBOURNE JR. (Dance Ensemble/Wise Man)

DEIDRA GRACE (Ensemble)

JANIAH GREGORY (Ensemble)

CARMILLA HARRIS (Mary)

JONATHAN ISAAC (Joseph)

NATE JACOBS* (Ensemble)

EBONI DENISE LAVENDER (Ensemble)

CHARLIE "CJ" MELTON (Ensemble)

XERRON X. MINGO (Narrator/Pastor)

AMBER MYERS (Ensemble)

ARYAM JASMINE PITTS (Ensemble)

ERICA Z. PITTS (Ensemble)

SHELDON RHODEN* (Ensemble)

CHAKARA ROSA (Dance Ensemble)

BRENTNEY STEPHENS (Dance Ensemble)

JOSHUA THOMPSON (Dance Ensemble/Wise Man)

ALYSSA MONEYSE WHITE (Ensemble)

LYNETTE WHITE (Elisabeth)

 

LANGSTON HUGHES (Playwright)

NATE JACOBS* (Director)

DONALD FRISON (Choreographer)

 

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