WORLD PREMIERE
OMAR Music by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels Libretto by Rhiannon Giddens PRESENTED BY WELLS FARGO
Artistic Team
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SOTTILE THEATRE
Conductor John Kennedy Director Kaneza Schaal Production Designer Christopher Myers Set Designer Amy Rubin Costume Designer April Hickman Costume Designer Micheline Russell-Brown Lighting Designer Lucrecia Briceno Lighting Co-Designer Alejandro Fajardo Video Designer Joshua Higgason Assistant Directors Ian Andrew Askew, Kiara Benn
Cast
Omar Omar’s Mother, Fatima Omar’s Brother, Abdul/Man to be Sold, Abe
Julie Auctioneer/Taylor Katie Ellen/The Caller Johnson/Owen Owen’s Daughter, Eliza Amadou/Renty Olufemi Suleiman/Ben/John Slaveship Crewman 1/Man in Crowd Slaveship Crewman 2 Slaver Sally Billy Mary Farah Tess Dancers
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S P O L E TO F E S T I VA L U S A
Jamez McCorkle Cheryse McLeod Lewis Michael Redding Laquita Mitchell Adam Klein Catherine Anne Daniel Malcolm MacKenzie Rebecca Jo Loeb George Johnson Joshua John Daniel Rich Andrew Stack Aaron McKone David Drettwan Crystal Glenn To be cast Kaswanna Kanyinda Savannah Gordon Samantha Burke Brian Polite, choreographic lead Ebony Nichols, choreographic contributor Savannah Imani Wade, choreographic contributor Scott Wiley, choreographic contributor
May 27 at 7:00pm; May 30 at 5:00pm; June 2 at 8:00pm; June 5 at 5:00pm; June 8 at 7:30pm; June 12 at 3:30pm 2 hours, 15 minutes Performed with an intermission Sung in English with English supertitles
