Written and carried out by Cheryl Howard and directed by Ian Streicher, the unforgettable story of the 1 and only Josephine Baker springs to living in this tightly woven play featuring various of Baker's signature songs. The tale follows Josephine on her journey from conservative St. Louis, Missouri towards the risqu¨¦ cabarets from the Rue Pigalle, France, from tiny girl to showgirl. Howard provides voice to this uncensored and emotional tale through an array of fascinating female characters: Josephine's domineering mother, Carrie McDonald; fellow chorus woman Lydia Jones; Ada "Bricktop" Smith, proprietor from the infamous nightclub "Bricktop's in Montmarte..." And as a final point a raw, fearless portrayal of Ms. Baker herself inside a series of defining moments: through the hilarious antics which rescued her from the obscurity in the chorus, on the humiliation of being shunned by a narrow-minded American public, to her life-long search for unconditional enjoy... compelled all through it all by an enduring passion to live lifestyle towards the fullest.
Cheryl Howard has toured and carried out extensively all through the United States and Europe. Broadway credits incorporate: Bebe in Dance somewhat Closer; for the American Position Theatre corporation as Zora Neale Hurston in their creation Zora; in the MCC theatre reading through of Black and White as Kali; Adele in Golden Motors at the Flea Theatre. Regionally, she has starred as the Witch in Into the Woods; Mazeppa in Gypsy; Pattie Mae in Residence, the Audio; LaLa inside the Colored Museum; Josephine Baker in Lucky from the Rain; Miss Monisha in Tin Pan Alley Rag; and Muzzie in Completely Modern-day Millie. Cheryl has starred as Deena Jones in Dreamgirls in Berlin, Germany, and as Josephine Baker in Josephine: The Music, which toured during Europe, winning her a Golden Heart Award for Best Actress in a very Audio and Very best Music. She has taught Music Theatre Workshops with the Stages Performing Arts Academy in St. Louis, MO and holds a B.A. in theatre arts from Rutgers University and also a Masters degree in Drama from Washington University in St. Louis.
The Sensational Josephine Baker was presented as a examining in EAT's One particular Lady Standing series very last period. The Off-Broadway premiere manufacturing characteristics costumes by Nicole Wee, lighting by G. Ben Swope, set by Tim McMath, music by Peter Saxe, sound by Aaron Blank and visual projections by David Bengali.
Founded in 1993, the mission of EMERGING Performers THEATRE is usually to provide a dynamic residence for emerging writers and performers, to create their deliver the results from an strategy to some entirely realized manufacturing. Within the past 18 many years, Take in has premiered in excess of 300 new functions, garnered a Drama Desk Award nomination for Capathia Jenkins in (Mis)Knowing Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Tale, received the American Theatre Wing Award for Constant Excellence in Theatre, and was named Greatest Off-Off-Broadway Theater Corporation in NYC for Actors to Operate With by Back Stage. While in its 2010- 2011 season, under the Artistic Direction of Paul Adams, Consume will showcase above two dozen new works.
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