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The Amen Corner
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Apr 15, 1965
Closing Date
Jun 26, 1965
1st Preview
Apr 08, 1965
1st Preview
Apr 08, 1965
Performances
84
Play
Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Apr 15, 1965
Close Date: Jun 26, 1965
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Apr 15, 1965 - Jun 26, 1965)
Setting
The Church of which Margaret is the pastor, and the apartment about it which is her home. The Present.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Mrs. Nat Cole
Written by
James Baldwin
Directed by
Frank Silvera
Scenic Design by
Vantile Whitfield
Production Stage Manager:
James Gelb
; Stage Manager:
Ed Cambridge
Press Representative:
Dorothy Ross
Cynthia Belgrave
Sister Sally
Josie Dotson
Sister Jackson
Amentha Dymally
First Woman
Art Evans
David
Yvette Hawkins
Second Woman
Gertrude Jeannette
Odessa
Helen Martin
Sister Douglas
Whitman Mayo
Brother Boxer
Juanita Moore
Sister Boxer
Bea Richards
Sister Margaret
Toby Russ
Sister Rice
Isabell Sanford
Sister Moore
Frank Silvera
Luke
C.P. Walker
Man
Understudies:
Brunetta Barnett
(Sister Moore, Sister Boxer),
Cynthia Belgrave
(Sister Margaret),
Amentha Dymally
(Sister Sally),
Yvette Hawkins
(Sister Jackson),
Whitman Mayo
(Luke),
Toby Russ
(Odessa) and
C.P. Walker
(Brother Boxer)
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Actress in a Play
1965 Nominee
Bea Richards
Theatre World
Award
1965 Recipient
Bea Richards
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Mrs. Nat Cole
Written by
James Baldwin
Directed by
Frank Silvera
Scenic Design by
Vantile Whitfield
Production Stage Manager:
James Gelb
; Stage Manager:
Ed Cambridge
Press Representative:
Dorothy Ross
Cynthia Belgrave
Sister Sally
Josie Dotson
Sister Jackson
Amentha Dymally
First Woman
Art Evans
David
Yvette Hawkins
Second Woman
Gertrude Jeannette
Odessa
Helen Martin
Sister Douglas
Whitman Mayo
Brother Boxer
Juanita Moore
Sister Boxer
Bea Richards
Sister Margaret
Toby Russ
Sister Rice
Isabell Sanford
Sister Moore
Frank Silvera
Luke
C.P. Walker
Man
Understudies:
Brunetta Barnett
(Sister Moore, Sister Boxer),
Cynthia Belgrave
(Sister Margaret),
Amentha Dymally
(Sister Sally),
Yvette Hawkins
(Sister Jackson),
Whitman Mayo
(Luke),
Toby Russ
(Odessa) and
C.P. Walker
(Brother Boxer)
Tony Award®
Best Actress in a Play
1965 Nominee
Bea Richards
Theatre World
Award
1965 Recipient
Bea Richards
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