This is a play about rage. Revolt. Revolution. Revenge. It is about what happens when Black people grow tired of sitting down and turning the other cheek. What are we left to do? Do we scream? Pray? Should we be peaceful? Should we riot? Can the tools we have used in the past possibly work for the future or do we need to write a new script? Using trap music, fashion shows and the backdrop of the French Revolution, Governing Ensemble member Terry Guest's Marie Antoinette & The Magical Negroes reimagines the myth of the lost monarchy and puts it into the hands and mouths of Black people.


CAST

Keith Illidge (JIM CROW), Amber Washington (MAMMY), Danyelle Monson (SAPPHIRE), Maya Vinice Prentiss (SAMBO), Nathaniel Andrew (SAVAGE), Brenna DiStasio (MARIE ANTOINETTE) David Stobbe (KING LOUIS XVI)


UNDERSTUDIES

Dylan Rogers (JIM CROW, SAVAGE u/s), Cat Christmas (SAPPHIRE u/s), Marlene Slaughter (SAMBO u/s), Caitlin Dobbins (MAMMY u/s), Jourdan Lewanda (MARIE ANTOINETTE, KING LOUIS XVI u/s)


PRODUCTION TEAM

Brittney Brown (Associate Director), Lucy Whipp (Production Stage Manager), Ariel Beller (Assistant Stage Manager), Ayanna Bria Bakari (Choreographer), Jordan Dell Harris (Scenic Designer), Liz Gomez (Master Electrician), Levi Wilkins (Lighting Designer), Isaac-Jay Pineda (Costume Designer), Andrew Littleton (Sound Designer), Willow James (Original Composition), Stina Taylor (Technical Designer), Thomas Russell (Violence Designer), Meagan Dilworth & Paul Michael Thomson (Producers)