Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2018)
Produced by
Director: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Playwright: August Wilson
Venue
Run
May 10th, 2018 – June 9th, 2018
Synopsis
Chicago in the 1920s is a city on a collision course with change, and the Blues are the battleground. In August Wilson’s masterpiece a routine music recording session becomes the front line for issues of race, power, and opportunity. (soulpepper.ca)
Cast
| Derek Boyes | Policeman |
| Beau Dixon | Toledo |
| Alana Bridgewater | Ma Rainey |
| Neville Edwards | Slow Drag |
| Lovell Adams-Gray | Levee |
| Virgilia Griffith | Dussie Mae |
| Diego Matamoros | Sturdyvant |
| Lindsay Owen Pierre | Cutler |
| Alex Poch-Goldin | Irvin |
| Marcel Stewart | Sylvester |
Creative Team
| Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Director |
| August Wilson | Playwright |
| Ken MacKenzie | Set Designer |
| Ken MacKenzie | Lighting Designer |
| Alexandra Lord | Costume Designer |
| Mike Ross | Music Director |
| Mike Ross | Sound Designer |
| Simon Fon | Fight Director |
Production
| Esie Mensah | Movement Coach |
| Siobhan Richardson | Intimacy Coach |
| Diana Braithwaite | Blues and Cultural Consultant |
| Alicia Richardson | Dialect Coach |
| Kelly McEvenue | Alexander Coach |
| Darragh Parsons | Stage Manager |
| Sam Hale | Assistant Stage Manager |
Staff
| Jacqueline Costa | Technical Director |
| Sarah Elizabeth Noyes | Head of Wardrobe |
| Erika Connor | Assistant Head of Wardrobe |
| Jacqueline Robertson-Cull | Head of Hair and Makeup |
| Jacqueline Robertson-Cull | Wig Running |
| Natalie Swiercz | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Geoff Hughes | Cutter |
| Barbara Nowakowski | First Hand |
| Ellie Furtney | Stitcher |
| Kiyomi Hidaka | Stitcher |
| Emma Zulkoskey | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Greg Chambers | Props Builder |
| Andy DeVries | Head Carpenter |
| Bill Stahl | Carpenter |
| Paul Boddum | Head Scenic Artist |
| Sara Ahmadieh | Scenic Artist |
| Olesya Komarnytska | Scenic Artist |
| Robert Harding | Production Stage Manager |
| Brandon Moe | Production Assistant |
| Natalie Kirk | Lighting Operator |
| Daniel Sinclair | Sound Operator |
| Ashton Vetter | House Technician |
| Colton Stang | House Technician |
