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Home Productions Porgy and Bess (1988)

Porgy and Bess

Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: DuBose Hayward and Ira Gershwin
Book: DuBose Hayward
Notes:
Production Year: 1988
Synopsis:
Set in 1912 in Charleston, South Carolina, Bess, a woman with a disreputable past, tries to break free of her brutish lover, assisted only by the crippled Porgy.

Cast Member

Role

Ivan Thomas
Crown, a stevedore
Ronn K. Smith
Ensemble - Tenors
Wardell Woodard
Ensemble - Tenors/Understudy for Nelson, Peter
Ronn K. Smith
Mingo/Understudy for Sportin' Life
Denise Woods
Strawberry Woman/Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto
Linda E. Thompson
Maria
Cornelius White
Crabman/Ensemble - Tenors
Michael Smartt
Porgy
Anita K. Taylor
Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto/Understudy for Strawberry Woman
Iralene Swain
Understudy for Serena
Vanessa Stewart
Ensemble - Sopranos/Understudy for Bess
Robert Vaucresson, Jr.
Undertaker/Ensemble - Bass/Baritone/Understudy for Crown, Jim
Beverly Williams
Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto/Understudy for Maria
Vanessa Shaw
Bess
Ptah Williams
Jasbo Brown
Lynn R. Brown
Ensemble - Tenors
Roberta Gumbel
Ensemble - Sopranos
Marion J. Caffey
Peter/Ensemble - Tenors
Ted Bouton
Coroner/Understudy for Detective
Cedric Cannon
Jake
Theresa Hamm
Serena
Timothy Allen
Ensemble - Tenors/Understudy for Crabman
Mark Coles
Ensemble - Bass/Baritone
Valerie Hamm
Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto
Karen Eubanks
Ensemble - Dancers/Mezzo/Alto/Understudy for Annie
Earl Grandison
Ensemble - Bass/Baritone/Understudy for Frazier, Jim, Undertaker
Duane Carter
Ensemble - Bass/Baritone
William Bradley-Johnson
Crown
Ralph Deaton
Ensemble - Bass/Baritone, Dancers/Understudy for Mingo
Earl Baker
Ensemble - Bass/Baritone
Dabriah Chapman
Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto
Jerry Godfrey
Jim/Ensemble - Bass/Baritone/Understudy for Crown, Jake
Larry Marshall
Sportin' Life
Irwin Reese
Robbins/Ensemble - Tenors
Naomi Moody
Bess
George Lewis
Policemen
Jo Ann Harris Ingram
Lily/Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto
Joe Linhares
Policemen
Cliff Hicklen
Nelson/Ensemble - Dancers, Tenors
Yvette Matthews
Annie/Ensemble - Mezzo/Alto
Alma Johnson
Clara
Linda James
Ensemble - Dancers/Ensemble - Sopranos/Understudy for Lily
Autris Paige
Frazier/Ensemble - Bass/Baritone
Robert Mosley
Porgy
Geraldine McMillian
Ensemble - Sopranos
Cliff Hinklen
Understudy for Robbins
Kiah Jackson
Scipio
Gurcell Henry
Ensemble - Sopranos/Understudy for Clara
Alfred J. Kiggins
Detective