Around the Low Country
Footlight Opens 81st Season With Dock Street Theatre's Premiere Production of PORGY AND BESS
By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin
Directed by Henry Clay Middleton; Musical Direction by Richard Show
Sponsored by: Piggly Wiggly
CLICK HERE or call 843.722.4487 for reservations
CHARLESTON, SC - Footlight is proud to open the season on with the historic Charleston production, one dear to our hearts, of Porgy and Bess. Not only will the troupe be honoring one of its earliest board members, DuBose Heyward, and his wife and collaborator, Dorothy Heyward, but the performance also marks this as the premiere production of this great American work at the historic Dock Street Theatre on Church Street.
Set in Charleston's fabled Catfish Row, Porgy and Bess is the story of beautiful Bess who struggles to break free from her scandalous past. The only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess' relationship evolves into a triumphant love story.
Playing at The Dock Street Theatre
135 Church Street
August 3, 4, 9–11,16–18 at 7:30pm
August 5, 12,19 at 3:00pm
$35 Adults, $30 Seniors, $22 Students, $18 Children Under 12
*for premium seating in first two rows of center balcony, a $10 upcharge per ticket applies
CLICK HERE or call 843.722.4487 for reservations
The cast of Porgy and Bess includes: Brandon Allen (Porgy), Courtney "Missy" Barnett, Carl Barnwell Jr. (Undertaker), Cherlania "Lala" Brown (Strawberry Woman), Letty Clay, George Gatgounis (Mr. Archdale), Ernest "Buzzy" Griffin (Peter), Michal S. Johnson (Bess), John King, Lawrence Trey Long (Scipio), Cesar Lozada (Jake), Sabrina M. McClair-Martin, Mary L. McCullough, Ed O'Donnoghue (Coroner), Michele Powe, Monica Raymond (Clara), Adreka "Mo" Majors-Romero, LaDana Sanders, John Smalls (Robbins/Frazier/Crab Man), Vodra E. Smith, Teresa Smith (Lily), Kyle Taylor (Crown), Tommy Walker (Detective), Monique Y. Waters (Maria), Adolphus F. Williams Sr. (Mingo), and Husain Williams (Sporting Life).
