STAND UP! World Premiere (June 8-30, 2019) Sponsored by Chicago Teachers Union Foundation
Director: Jonathan Wilson
Phyllis Curtrwight, Composer/Playwright – began her theatre career with eta Creative Arts in 1990 as part of the stage band for a musical production based on the life of Marvin Gaye. Later, two original musicals were penned, the first, “Dr. Watts & the Saints” a semi-biographical story of the golden age of Black gospel and “Stepper’s Ball”, based on a popular dance style of Chicago. She returned to theatre for the 2015 production of “Migration”, receiving the BTAA award for Best Sound Design and later as music director for Nora Brooks Blakely’s musical adaptation of “The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves.”
Kamesha Khan, Playwright- is an award-winning stage director and dramaturg. She is also an associate professor in the Communications, Media Arts and Theatre Program at Chicago State University. Khan previously served as the Education Director at Penumbra Theatre Company. She is grateful to Kemati Porter, Phyllis Curtwright, and eta for the opportunity to share this new musical about the Children’s Crusade of 1963 with a young audience.
STAND UP! CAST
Cast: Malcom Banks, Lisa Palmer, Kennedy Wilson, Fania Bourne, Katryce Bridges, Kenya Brathwaite, Tristian Arnez, Jarrin Comer, Aaron Sanders.
— PEACE PONIES —
The Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
