BR’ER COTTON
Written by: Tearrance A. Chisholm
Directed by: Gregg t. daniel
2017
A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere.
Lynchburg, Virginia. The former site of a thriving cotton mill is now an impoverished neighborhood. Deeply affected by all of the recent killings, Ruffrino, a 14 year old “militant,” incites riots at school and online. More and more at odds with his mother and grandfather, the boys’ anger grows beyond containment while the family home literally sinks into the cotton field & no one seems to notice but him.
“...there is no denying the gut-punching power Br’er Cotton packs.”
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Cast
creative
Omette Anassi
Christopher Carrington
Yvonne Huff
Emmaline Jacott
Shawn Law
Dane Oliver
Jasmine Wright
David Mauer - Set Designer
Wesley Charles Chew - Lighting Designer
David B. Marling - Sound Designer
Wendell C. Carmichael - Costume Designer
Yee Eun Nam - Projection Designer
Michael Allen Angel - Props Designer
Doug Oliphant - Movement & Fight Choreographer
Tracy Winters - Dialect Coach
Jenine MacDonald - Stage Manager
“Under the savvy direction of Gregg T. Daniel, Br’er Cotton builds in power throughout the show, surging to a stunning climax without dénoument. ”