PlayDrama Play with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 01, 1933
Closing Date
Jun 17, 1933
Performances
126
PlayDrama Play with musicOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Lyric Theatre
(Mar 01, 1933 - Jun 17, 1933)
Description
A play in four scenes
Setting
The Parsonage in a small Southern town; The Meeting Place of the New Day Pilgrims; Toomer's Bottom; Hope Baptist Church.
Produced by Robert Rockmore
Written by Hall Johnson; Incidental music composed and arranged by Hall Johnson
Directed by Frank Merlin; Dances arranged by Doris Humphrey
Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton; Costume Design by Helene Pons
Choral Director: Hall Johnson
A. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
E. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Katherine Ahnor
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
Lavetta Albright
Pilgrim Choir
 
Alto
R. Alday
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
G. Allen
Pilgrim Orchestra
Irma Allen
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
I Baker
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Olive Ball
The Rev. Sister Luella Strong
Ernest Baskette
Pilgrim Choir
 
Bass
Service Bell
Pilgrim Choir
 
Baritone
Harry Bolden
The Rev. Jones (Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church)
Dorothy Boxwill
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
James Thomas Boxwill
Brother Lu-Te (Chief Singer of the New Day Pilgrims)
R. Branch
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
R. Brathwaite
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Edward Broadnax
Brother George W. Jenkins
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Bass
Ernest Brown
Pilgrim Choir
 
Bass
R. Brown
Pilgrim Orchestra
Olga Burgoyne
Mother Kanda (Daughter of Tongola)
Alston Burleigh
Jim (Rev. Jones' Son)
E. Caesar
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Marietta Canty
Bessiola Hicks
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Alto
Jack Carr
Brother Moses (Young Priest)
Maggie Carter
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
George Clark
Pilgrim Choir
 
Baritone
Edna Commodore
Children
Jean Cutler
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
E. Davis
Novitiate
Mayme Davis
Novitiate
L. DePaure
Pilgrim Orchestra
Lucille Dickson
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
Mabel Diggs
Mame (of Toomer's Bottom)
Blanche Eckles
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
Irene Ellington
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Eva Evelyn
Novitiate
A. Ferguson
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Charlie Frye
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
C. Gibson
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Amy Goodwin
Pilgrim Choir
 
Alto
J. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
O. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Alice Grant
Novitiate
Bessie Guy
Belle (of Toomer's Bottom)
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
Esther Hall
Organist
 
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Eneida Hamlett
Pilgrim
C. Harris
Pilgrim Orchestra
Carolyn Hughes
Sister Susie May Hunt
Lulu Hunt
Sister Lulu Jane Hunt
A. Izanaga
Pilgrim Orchestra
Annie Jennings
Novitiate
Lulu King
Sue Scott (of Toomer's Bottom)
Rosalie King
Sister Mahalie Ockletree
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Alto
Perrin Knight
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
Milton Lacey
Brother Jeremiah Johnson
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Baritone
Larri Laurier
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
C. Lewis
Pilgrim Orchestra
Carrington Lewis
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
Alice Magee
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Assotta Marshall
Pilgrim
Milton Martin
Brother Jo-Ba (Herald of Joy)
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
A. McCullough
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Effie McDowell
Pilgrim Choir
 
Soprano
Jack Meredith
Novitiate
T. Moody
Pilgrim Orchestra
J. Nealy
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Bruce Nugent
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Dorothy Perry
Pilgrim Choir
 
Alto
W. Polhamus
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Ray Polite
Pilgrim
O. Portier
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Bertha Powell
Sister Flossie Lou Little
Walter Price
Brother Esau Redd (Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church)
Ethel Purnello
Sister Mata (Priestess)
Alma Reynolds
Pilgrim
Odelle Ricks
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Pauline Rivers
Sister Judy Ann Hicks
M. Sands
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Cecil Scott
Mag (Sulamai's Mother)
Emma Sealy
Novitiate
Ernest Shaw
Pilgrim Choir
 
Baritone
Mattie Shaw
Sister Mattie Fullilove
Gus Simons
Brother Goliath Simpson
Paul Smellie
Pilgrim
Harold Sneed
Elder Tongola (Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims)
L. Stirrup
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
A. Stokes
Pilgrim Orchestra
Bennie Tattnall
Children
Andrew Taylor
The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen (Local Preacher)
Nell Taylor
Children
 
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Edna Thomas
Ella
Arthur Walker
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
Fredi Washington
Sulamai
Jimmie Waters
Jeems Jackson
 
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
Rosina Weston
Pilgrim
George White
Pilgrim Choir
 
Tenor
H.J. Williams
Novitiate
Waldine Williams
Reba (Daughter of Kanda)
E. Wilson
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Henri Wood
Children
Clarence Yates
Tansadi Tongole (Tongola's Dancers)
Ray Yeates
Brother Bartholomew Little
music by Hall Johnson
Act 1
Sung By
Church in the Dale
The Choir
Bye and Bye
Song of the Hill
Charlie
Processional/Credo/Moon-Music/Tangola Dance Music
Sister Mata and Soloist
Act 2
Sung By
I Can't Stay Here by Myself
Sister Flossie Lou Little
Song of the Hill
Charlie
Steal Away/Amazing Grace/Oh, Jesus, Come Dis-A-Way
The Choir
Run Little Chillun
So Glad/Return, Oh Holy Dove/Lord, Oh Have Mercy on Me
The Choir
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