April 15-May 15; Fri-Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2pm
Contra Costa Civic Theatre concludes its live, in-person Main Stage season with the musical Crowns by Regina Taylor, adapted from the book "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. Directed by Kimberly Ridgeway, with music direction by Branice McKenzie and choreography by Jennifer Frazier, Crowns plays for 15 performances from April 15-May 15.
Called "a crazy quilt of music and movement and storytelling" by its author, Crowns celebrates the role of hats in Southern black culture, of the endurance of black women in the South, and of the unconquerable urge for self-expression. Filled with gospel music and dance underscore with a little hip hop added for good measure, the six women and one man of Crowns use hats to tell tales; there is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion.
The cast includes Juanita Harris, voted "Best Jazz Singer" by KDFC's "Best of the Bay" in 2018 and 2019, making her CCCT debut as "Mother Shaw." Also appearing are TBA Award-winner (for The Color Purple) Leslie Ivy as Velma, Pam Drummer-Williams, last seen at CCCT in Ragtime, as Mabel; Brittany Nicole Sims, most recently seen in NCTC's Dot, as Wanda; Alana Wagner, who appeared in Pinole Player's She Loves Me and Lucky Stiff, as Jeanette; Angelina Williams, Dance Artist with Savage Jazz Dance Company, as Yolanda; and Chris Poston, National Anthem singer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Oath Ceremonies held monthly at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, as Man.
Masks and proof of vaccination and booster are required for everyone attending or working on in-person performances at CCCT. Detailed information on the theatre's COVID protocols is available on the theatre's website at https://www.ccct.org/safety, and will be updated as necessary.
$20-$40.
Presented by Contra Costa Civic Theatre.
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Contra Costa Civic Theatre concludes its live, in-person Main Stage season with the musical Crowns by Regina Taylor, adapted from the book "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. Directed by Kimberly Ridgeway, with music direction by Branice McKenzie and choreography by Jennifer Frazier, Crowns plays for 15 performances from April 15-May 15.
Called "a crazy quilt of music and movement and storytelling" by its author, Crowns celebrates the role of hats in Southern black culture, of the endurance of black women in the South, and of the unconquerable urge for self-expression. Filled with gospel music and dance underscore with a little hip hop added for good measure, the six women and one man of Crowns use hats to tell tales; there is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion.
The cast includes Juanita Harris, voted "Best Jazz Singer" by KDFC's "Best of the Bay" in 2018 and 2019, making her CCCT debut as "Mother Shaw." Also appearing are TBA Award-winner (for The Color Purple) Leslie Ivy as Velma, Pam Drummer-Williams, last seen at CCCT in Ragtime, as Mabel; Brittany Nicole Sims, most recently seen in NCTC's Dot, as Wanda; Alana Wagner, who appeared in Pinole Player's She Loves Me and Lucky Stiff, as Jeanette; Angelina Williams, Dance Artist with Savage Jazz Dance Company, as Yolanda; and Chris Poston, National Anthem singer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Oath Ceremonies held monthly at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, as Man.
Masks and proof of vaccination and booster are required for everyone attending or working on in-person performances at CCCT. Detailed information on the theatre's COVID protocols is available on the theatre's website at https://www.ccct.org/safety, and will be updated as necessary.
$20-$40.
Presented by Contra Costa Civic Theatre.
April 15-May 15; Fri-Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2pm
Contra Costa Civic Theatre concludes its live, in-person Main Stage season with the musical Crowns by Regina Taylor, adapted from the book "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. Directed by Kimberly Ridgeway, with music direction by Branice McKenzie and choreography by Jennifer Frazier, Crowns plays for 15 performances from April 15-May 15.
Called "a crazy quilt of music and movement and storytelling" by its author, Crowns celebrates the role of hats in Southern black culture, of the endurance of black women in the South, and of the unconquerable urge for self-expression. Filled with gospel music and dance underscore with a little hip hop added for good measure, the six women and one man of Crowns use hats to tell tales; there is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion.
The cast includes Juanita Harris, voted "Best Jazz Singer" by KDFC's "Best of the Bay" in 2018 and 2019, making her CCCT debut as "Mother Shaw." Also appearing are TBA Award-winner (for The Color Purple) Leslie Ivy as Velma, Pam Drummer-Williams, last seen at CCCT in Ragtime, as Mabel; Brittany Nicole Sims, most recently seen in NCTC's Dot, as Wanda; Alana Wagner, who appeared in Pinole Player's She Loves Me and Lucky Stiff, as Jeanette; Angelina Williams, Dance Artist with Savage Jazz Dance Company, as Yolanda; and Chris Poston, National Anthem singer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Oath Ceremonies held monthly at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, as Man.
Masks and proof of vaccination and booster are required for everyone attending or working on in-person performances at CCCT. Detailed information on the theatre's COVID protocols is available on the theatre's website at https://www.ccct.org/safety, and will be updated as necessary.
$20-$40.
Presented by Contra Costa Civic Theatre.
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Contra Costa Civic Theatre concludes its live, in-person Main Stage season with the musical Crowns by Regina Taylor, adapted from the book "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. Directed by Kimberly Ridgeway, with music direction by Branice McKenzie and choreography by Jennifer Frazier, Crowns plays for 15 performances from April 15-May 15.
Called "a crazy quilt of music and movement and storytelling" by its author, Crowns celebrates the role of hats in Southern black culture, of the endurance of black women in the South, and of the unconquerable urge for self-expression. Filled with gospel music and dance underscore with a little hip hop added for good measure, the six women and one man of Crowns use hats to tell tales; there is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion.
The cast includes Juanita Harris, voted "Best Jazz Singer" by KDFC's "Best of the Bay" in 2018 and 2019, making her CCCT debut as "Mother Shaw." Also appearing are TBA Award-winner (for The Color Purple) Leslie Ivy as Velma, Pam Drummer-Williams, last seen at CCCT in Ragtime, as Mabel; Brittany Nicole Sims, most recently seen in NCTC's Dot, as Wanda; Alana Wagner, who appeared in Pinole Player's She Loves Me and Lucky Stiff, as Jeanette; Angelina Williams, Dance Artist with Savage Jazz Dance Company, as Yolanda; and Chris Poston, National Anthem singer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Oath Ceremonies held monthly at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, as Man.
Masks and proof of vaccination and booster are required for everyone attending or working on in-person performances at CCCT. Detailed information on the theatre's COVID protocols is available on the theatre's website at https://www.ccct.org/safety, and will be updated as necessary.
$20-$40.
Presented by Contra Costa Civic Theatre.
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