Slave song
Contributors: Brown, Oscar; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, annotator; Howard University. College of Fine Arts; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1972
Language: eng
Description: Howard University, College of Fine Arts presentation "Slave Song," an opera, music by Alonzo H. Levister, libretto by Oscar Brown Jr., based on an original story by Mr. Brown and Mr. Levister. Director: Oscar Brown Jr., musical director Donald Tate, choreographer Mike Malone, set designer St. Clair Christmas, lighting designer Ron Truitt, costumer Alberta Wheeler, promotion & publicity Paul Allen.
Notes: Howard University, Cramton Auditorium, March 24-25, [1972].

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Alden Lawson, Constance Y. Thomas, Ronald Parker, Charlie Brown, Byron Utley, Noel Holmes, Tyronne Murray, Joseph McCall, David (Numa) Vinson, Billy House, Juana Breland, B.J. Reed, Diane E. Russell, Oscar Brown Jr., William Yeates. Female singers: Angela Brandford, Linda Edge, Beverly Little, Charlae Olaker, Stephani Smith, Willette L. Bond, Velma Lewis, Beverly A. Brown, Tantanisha (Monica Anderson), Beverly Cherry, Robin Anita Booker, Chéko (Elsie Cooper), Jennifer Lee, Evelyn Seutt and Sally "Chanky" Smith. Male singers: William Jones, James Carroll, Larry Jenkins, Matum Durham, Dwight Webster, William Yeates and Anthony Booker. Female dancers: Vicki Baltimore, La Verne Howell, Twawanda Jones, Chiquitha Shepard, Lisa Sneed and Amy Stewart. Male dancers: Clyde Barrett, Carl Bowman, Kennth[!] Daugherty, Mike Malone and Robert Pittman.

LC copy has notations by Coe.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).