Dessa Rose

Theatre

Name:	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Address:	150 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023

Production Information

First performance date:	February 17, 2005
Opening date:	March 21, 2005
Closing date:	May 29, 2005

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Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Lincoln Center Theater	Producer
	Andre Bishop	Artistic Director
	Bernard Gersten	Executive Producer
	Ira Weitzman	Associate Producer

	Sherley Anne Williams	Original Author
	Lynn Ahrens	Lyricist
	Stephen Flaherty	Composer

	Graciela Daniele	Director
	David Holcenberg	Musical Director

	Graciela Daniele	Choreographer

	Loy Arcenas	Set Designer
	Toni-Leslie James	Costume Designer
	Peggy Eisenhauer	Lighting Designer
	Jules Fisher	Lighting Designer
	Scott Lehrer	Sound Designer
	Faye Armon	Prop Design

	Adam Siegel	General Manager
	Philip Rinaldi	Press Representative

	Arturo E. Porazzi	Production Stage Manager
	Patty Lyons	Assistant Stage Manager

	Jeff Hamlin	Production Manager

	William David Brohn	Orchestrations
	Christopher Jahnke	Orchestrations
	Stephen Flaherty	Vocal Arrangements

	Cindy Tolan	Casting
	Linda Mason Ross	Marketing

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Rebecca Eichenberger	Ruth's mother/Mrs. Steele/Susannah
	Tina Fabrique	Rose/House Slave/Ada/Auntie Chole
	Michael Hayden	Adam Nehemiah
	David Hess	Sheriff Hughes/Trader Wilson/Bertie Sutton/Parishioner/Auctioneer
	LaChanze	Dessa Rose
	Kecia Lewis	Dorcas/Field Hand/Gemina/Janet
	Norm Lewis	Nathan
	William Parry	Robert Steele/Parishioner/Auctioneer/Mr. Oscar/Sheriff Pine
	Soara-Joye Ross	Field Hand/Parishioner/House Slave/Annabel
	James Stovall	Haker/Field Hand
	Rachel York	Ruth
	Eric Jordan Young	Kaine/Field Hand/Philip
	Don Burroughs	Adam Nehemiah/Oscar/Sheriff Pine/Bertie Sutton/Wilson	UNDERSTUDY
	Joan Hess	Ruth/Ruth's Mother/Susannah	UNDERSTUDY
	Kenita R. Miller	Dessa Rose/Annabel	UNDERSTUDY
	Paul Oakley Stovall	Nathan/Harker/Kaine/Philip	UNDERSTUDY
	NaTasha Yvette Williams	Dorcas/Janet/Rose/Ada/Chole	UNDERSTUDY

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2005 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design	Peggy Eisenhauer	Lighting Designer
			Jules Fisher	Lighting Designer
2	NOMINATED	2005 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design	Scott Lehrer	Sound Designer
3	NOMINATED	2005 AUDELCO Award, Costume Design	Toni-Leslie James	Costume Designer
4	NOMINATED	2005 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance	Rachel York	Actor
5	WON	2005 Obie Award, Performance	LaChanze	Actor
6	NOMINATED	2005 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical