Apr.4.2014
Apr.5.2014
Dark River, A Civil Rights Opera
3.00pm 8.00pm
Martha Richards, producer
Darryl V. Jones, director
Andrea Chinde Nwoke, Fannie Lou Hamer
Philip Lima, Perry Hamer aka Pap
Matt Chastain, W.D. Marlowe
Farah Darliette, Teen Fannie
Melynda Davis, Dorothy Jean Hamer
Thandiwe Delgado-Kinyatti, Young Fannie
Ernest Jackson, SNCC Leader
Robert King, Sharecropper
Synthia Pullum, Lou Ella Townsend
Aaron Reeder, Bob Moses
Craig Simonetti, Cop 1
Robert Stahley, Hubert Humphrey
Matthew Stansfield, John Edgar Hoover
Mauri Tetrault, Sheriff’s Wife
Miguel Vasquez, James Townsend aka Poppa
Maya Starr Ward, Gertie
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
in collaboration with WomenArts
Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Watkins - Dark River, the Story of Fannie Lou Hamer