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.
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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)
TARRA CONNER JONES* (Clara Jones, Ensemble)
ELAINE MAYO (Mother Brown, Ensemble)
NEYCE PIERRE (Frances Green, Ensemble)
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States