Jan 14 - Feb 09

Nina Simone: Four Women

About the Show

NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN

JAN 14 – FEB 09
WILSON STAGE

 

On September 16, 1963, Nina Simone heard that four Black girls were murdered in Birmingham when the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed by the KKK.  Harnessing her rage, she wrote the Civil Rights anthem “Mississippi Goddam”.  Nina Simone: Four Women examines the seismic shift Simone took from artist to activist and revolutionary, and her fight to reflect the times through her consciousness rising music, “Four Women”, “Images” and “Young, Gifted and Black” among others.  It questions what happens when artists dive into the darkness of society and self while striving to find the light of freedom in sound.

 

By Christina Ham
Directed by Charlotte Brathwaite

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Cast

Sojourner

she/her

Sephronia/Nina

Hillary Jones

she/her

Sweet Thing/Nina

Kenita R. Miller

she/her

Sarah/Nina

X'ene Sky

she/her

Eunice/Pianist/Nina

Garnet Williams

she/they

Peaches/Nina

Creative Team

Christina Ham

(she/her)

Playwright

Charlotte Brathwaite

(she/her)

Director

Justin Hicks

(he/him)

Music Director

Kent Barrett

(he/him)

Scenic & LX Design

Marsha Ginsberg

Costume Design

YATTA (aka. ricky sallay zoker)

they/them

Sound Design/Composition

Audrey Elaine Hailes

she/we

Assistant Director/Movement

Ilir Ahmetaj

Costume Associate

Kevin Gregory Dwyer

(he/him)

Production Stage Manager

Kate Duprey

(she/her)

Assistant Stage Manager

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In-Depth Consideration

Geva Insights

Geva Insights is a series of post-performance conversations with thought leaders, experts, and members of the community who contextualize or provoke more in-depth consideration of a play’s themes presented in Geva’s 24/25 season. It was conceived of as a unique opportunity to strengthen our connectivity to new and existing communities in our region.

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Mondays at Geva

The stages are dark on Monday evenings at Geva, so the art and action shift to the lobby and café where brilliant local visual artists, performers, musicians, and speakers broaden our consideration of the onstage productions. Geva Theatre invites the community to join us for a series of art openings and party for a couple of hours each month!

Mondays at Geva

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