Marie and Rosetta

Theatre

Name:	Linda Gross Theater
Address:	336 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011

Production Information

First performance date:	August 24, 2016
Opening date:	September 12, 2016
Closing date:	October 16, 2016
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

A huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time, bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music. Tharpe was the queen of ‘race records’ in the 30’s and 40’s, who performed mornings at churches and evenings at the Cotton Club, who was a big enough star to fill a baseball stadium for her third wedding, but ended up buried in an unmarked grave in Philadelphia. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duet teams in musical history.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Atlantic Theater Company	Producer
	Neil Pepe	Artistic Director
	Jeffory Lawson	Managing Director
	Annie MacRae	Associate Artistic Director

	George Brant	Playwright

	Neil Pepe	Director
	Steven H. Broadnax III	Assistant Director

	Riccardo Hernández	Set Designer
	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
	Christopher Akerlind	Lighting Designer
	Steve Canyon Kennedy	Sound Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Hair Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Wig Designer
	Jungah Han	Assistant Set Designer
	Amy Sutton	Assistant Costume Designer
	Elizabeth Mak	Assistant Lighting Designer

	Pamela Adams	General Manager
	Boneau/Bryan-Brown	Press Representative

	Michael D. Domue	Production Stage Manager
	Lizzy Lee	Assistant Stage Manager

	Bethany Weinstein Stewert	Production Manager
	Five OHM Productions	Sound Supervisor
	Graham Johnson	Sound Supervisor
	Joshua Yocom	Prop Master
	Colleen Heaney	Wardrobe

	Jason Michael Webb	Music Direction
	Jason Michael Webb	Orchestrations
	Jason Michael Webb	Arranger

	Abigail Katz	Dramaturg
	Justin Huff CSA	Casting
	Telsey + Company	Casting

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Rebecca Naomi Jones	Marie Knight
	Kecia Lewis	Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play	Kecia Lewis	Actor
2	WON	2017 Obie Award, Performance	Kecia Lewis	Actor