- Synopsis
- Cast & Crew
- Production Team
- Show Dates & Info
Given the name Isabella at birth sometime in 1797, Sojourner Truth was the second youngest of twelve siblings. For the first twenty-eight years of her life, she was a slave. This beautiful play traces her remarkable life from the day she is sold away from her family through her struggle to free herself and her son, to her emergence as a popular and respected advocate of abolition and women’s rights. Combining her actual words with authentic slave songs and spirituals of the time, this award-winning play has been honored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
CAST
Sojourner Truth – JENNIFER HEBBEN
Mama & Old Woman – CATHERINE FOWLER O’BRYANT
Auctioneer, Catlin, Van Wagener, Officer & Prologu – ROBERT J. GRIFFIN
Mrs. Neely, Maria, Mrs. Gedney & Mrs. Whiting – MARTE COLE
Neely, Chip, First Reverand – CRAIG W. SLOAN
Sissy & Dancer – JENNIFER K. MOUBRAY
Peter & Son Pete – LEON ROBINSON, JR.
Dancer & Prologue Mime – AKILAH IYABO JOHNSON
Dumont, Gedney, Second Reverand & Prologue Mime – VERN STILLWELL
Dancer & Prologue Mime – EEKA W. PRUDE
Bob, John Henry & Prologue Mime – CODIE E. MINOR
Baumfrey – LESTER A. ROBERTS
CREW
Assistant Stage Manager – KATHRYN M. JONES
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director – ROBERT L. SMITH
Musical Director – LESTER A. ROBERTS
Choreographer – EEKA W. PRUDE
Scenic Designer – SHELLEY BARISH
Lighting/Sound Designer – KRISTEN CHESAK
Special Effects Designer – ERIC PERRY
Costume Designer – BARBARA B. STONE
Properties Designer – SHELLEY BARISH
Technical Director – JOE ST. JEAN
Stage Manager – BRYAN HUEY
PERFORMANCE DATES
January 18 – February 2, 2002