CAST OF CHARACTERS
NELL: Akosua Adwini-Poku
ARMELIA: Jasmine Williams
CHARLAINE: Sarah Elise Navy
KEN: J'Von Brown
ANDRE: Afika Gwam, Fri-Sun/ Anele Mutei, Thu-Sat
BARTENDER: Thandeka Masoka

FEATURE DANCERS
Alahna Atwater, Oceana Petrus, Aluncedo Mtsutsa, Mmangaliso Mtshali

ENSEMBLE MEMBERS
Alahna Atwater, Aluncedo Mtsutsa, Anathi Mnukwa, Caitlyn Blouw, Isabel Dlamini, Jungmin Lee, Kaye-Dee Martin, Khanya Nesi, Landon Ryden,
Lethabo Makuruetsa, Licebo Mose, Likho Mazaleni, Lindokuhle Gushu, Liyema Rose Ntanta, Loyiso Lloyds Gongota, Mmangaliso Mtshali, Mpumelelo Masuku, Nikho Voyi, Ntombozuko Sizani, Oceana Petrus, Raquel Fernandez, Samukelisiwe Nkutha, Sinentlahla Ndala, Thandeka Masoka, Tricia Tsang, Zama Mdlalose, Zizipho Mbaliso, Zukhanye Ham

Professor Barbara Hill-Moore, H.D.F.A., Producer and Music Director
Alvon Reed, Stage Director and Choreographer
Robert Jason Smith, Vocal Coach and Associate Music Director
Njabulo Mthimkhulu, Associate Producer and Chorus Master

BAND MEMBERS
Jason Smith, Piano and Director, Instrumental Ensemble
Leighlin Burts, Flute
Cirston Welman, Alto Saxophone
Joseph Mukundi, Bass
Vuyolwethu Camngca, Drums
Hanlie Young, Keyboard

TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Danyke de Beer, Stage Manager and Lighting Technician
Karim Faraj, Assistant Stage Manager
Tricia Tsang, Assistant to the Director
Kunako Goduka, Prop Manager
Lwazi Mjitela, Assistant Prop Manager
Raquel Fernandez, Make-Up and Wardrobe Mistress
Landon Ryden, Wardrobe Master
Carol Burts, Wardrobe Seamstress
Enock Mkeys Mtileni, Live Streaming Engineer

COSTUMES
Rose Cowpar and the Savoy Theatre, Southern Methodist University's Division of Dance

THIS PRODUCTION IS A MUSICAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY MUSIC DEPARTMENT (GQEBERHA, SOUTH AFRICA) AND SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (DALLAS, TEXAS, USA) 2024 STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPANTS

Va! laisse couler mes larmes, Werther - Charlotte
Jules Massenet

Lullaby, The Consul
Gian Carlo Menotti

Dr. Michiko Otaki, piano
Kayla Hart, soprano
Matthew Milfort, countertenor

I. Sorcery
II. From The Ashes She Became
III. You Have Become a Forest
IV. Me Too

Lecture Recital Presented on April 19, 2022
Spivey Hall, Morrow GA
Dr. Michiko Otaki, Piano

Program:
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Out of the South Blew a Wind (1946), Poetry by Fannie Carter Woods
Song to the Dark Virgin (1941), Poetry by Langston Hughes
Sympathy (Undated, est. 1930-1953), Poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
From Miss Wheatley’s Garden (2015):
I Want to Die While You Love Me, Poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson
A Winter Twilight, Poetry by Angelina Grimké
From Then, Here and Now (2020):
Dying, Text based on Negro Spiritual

Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980)
From Four Poems of Nikita Gill (2018):
I. Sorcery
II. From the Ashes She Became
III. You Have Become a Forest

Price, Powell & Dunphy - Women Composing in Color - Program & Transcript

Grant Jones, Piano

Grant Jones, Piano

Grant Jones, Piano

Grant Jones, Piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow GA

Grant Jones, Piano

Grant Jones, Piano