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The Amen Corner   

 
Ethel Barrymore Theatre , (4/15/1965 - 6/26/1965)
First Preview:Apr 08, 1965 Total Previews:
Opening Date:Apr 15, 1965   
Closing Date:Jun 26, 1965 Total Performances:84

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Church of which Margaret is the pastor, and the apartment about it which is her home. The Present.


Production Staff
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
Cast
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 Boxer, Sister Moore), Cynthia Belgrave (Sister Margaret), Amentha Dymally (Sister Sally), Yvette Hawkins (Sister Jackson), Whitman Mayo (Luke), Toby Russ (Odessa) and C.P. Walker (Brother Boxer)
1965 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Bea Richards [nominee]
1965 Theatre World Award
winnerBea Richards [winner]