Meet the Cast of The Scottsboro Boys

The Old Globe presents the West Coast Premiere of The Scottsboro Boys, the critically acclaimed musical about an infamous chapter in American history.  Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, The Scottsboro Boys features music and lyrics by the legendary team of John Kander and Fred Ebb, libretto by David Thompson, musical direction by Eric Ebbenga and direction and choreography by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman.  The Scottsboro Boys will run April 29 -- June 10 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.  Preview performances run April 29 -- May 4.  The Scottsboro Boys is presented in association with American Conservatory Theater.

The Scottsboro Boys is a daring new musical based on the notorious "Scottsboro" case in which nine young African American men were unjustly accused of rape in 1930s Alabama.  Their lives would eventually spark the Civil Rights Movement.  With arresting originality, innovative staging and a breathtaking score, The Scottsboro Boys received 12 Tony Award nominations and was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "the best new musical of the year."

CREATIVE TEAM:  John Kander and Fred Ebb (Music and Lyrics), David Thompson (Libretto), Susan Stroman (Direction and Choreography), Eric Ebbenga (Music Direction), Jeff Whiting (Associate Director and Choreographer), Beowulf Boritt (Scenic Design), Toni-Leslie James (Costume Design), Ken Billington (Lighting Design), Jon Weston (Sound Design), Eric Santagata (Assistant Choreographer), Rick Sordelet (Fight Director), Janet Foster, CSA (Casting) and Joshua Halperin (Stage Manager).

CAST:  David Bazemore (Olen Montgomery), Nile Bullock (Eugene Williams), Christopher James Culberson (Andy Wright), Clifton Duncan (Haywood Patterson), Ron Holgate (The Interlocutor), Eric Jackson (Clarence Norris), Kendrick Jones (Willie Roberson), Jared Joseph (Mr. Bones), James T. Lane (Ozie Powell), JC Montgomery (Mr. Tambo), Clifton Oliver (Charles Weems), Clinton Roane (Roy Wright) and C. Kelly Wright (The Lady), with Audrey Martells (The Lady Understudy) and Shavey Brown and Max Kumangai (Swings).

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