Strange Fruit:
A History Of Blackness
by Stephanie Johnson
JUNE 19-27 \ 2021
“Strange Fruit: A History of Blackness” is a commentary of the Black Experience in America. The play serves as a history lesson and started as a poetically prose piece written in 2016. In the wake of the countless deaths of Black men, women, and children, we find ourselves firmly in the throes of a global modern day civil rights movement. “Strange Fruit” shines a poetic light on a difficult issue.
Cast List
NARRATOR / ENSEMBLE
Ayanna Arnold
ENSEMBLE
Robert Childers
ENSEMBLE
Mary Ann Lawson
ENSEMBLE
Charles Planks, Jr.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER
Sonya Balenton
Creative Team
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Sean Allen Jones
PRODUCER
Stephanie Johnson
DIRECTOR
K. Douglas McKennon
CO-DIRECTOR
Stephanie Johnson
VIDEOGRAPHER
Walter P. Dominguez
STAGE CREW
Members of the Cast
DRESSERS
Diane Bancroft, Patti Campbell, Josephine Mitchell
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR
Ginger Angstadt
SOUND BOARD OPERATOR
Huey Lee
PRODUCTION Team
HOUSE MANAGER
Sean Allen Jones
USHERS
Cayden I Berillo, Jennifer Tucker
BOX OFFICE
Tobyn Leigh, Tori Marie Stock
BUSINESS MANAGER
Tori Marie Stowick
AD SALES AND SPONSORS
Ginger Angstadt, Stephanie Johnson, Sean Allen Jones, K. Douglas McKennon
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Tobyn Leigh
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
Terri Wilson
PROGRAM DESIGN
Tobyn Leigh