adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy
Creative/Crew
Music Director
Conductor
Scenery designer
Lighting Designer
Associate Conductor & Chorus Master
Assistant Lighting Designer
Casting Coordinator/Consultant (ELB Artists Ent.)
Directed by
Costume Designer(s)
Choreographer
Assistant Director(s)
Production Stage Manager
Executive Coordinator
Cast
Porgy, a crippled beggar
Bess
Crown, a stevedore
Serena, Robbins's wife
Clara, Jake's wife
Maria, keeper of the cookshop
Jake, a fisherman
Sportin' Life, a dope peddler
Mingo
Robbins
Peter, the honey man
Frazier, a "lawyer"
Annie
Lily, Peter's wife
Strawberry Woman
Jim, a cotton picker
Undertaker
Nelson
Crab Man
Detective
Policeman
Coroner
Scipio
Jasbo Brown
Dancer(s)
Show Dates
Time and Place
Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1930s
Scenes
Acknowledgements
(Please check complete credits on page 3)
Legacy Commission
Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
Notes
1987 Summer season
NB: Maestro Richard Bradshaw conducted the first three performances; Maestro Roger Cantrell conducted the final 9 performances.
This revival of the 1976 Sherwin M. Goldman and Houston Grand Opera production,
originally conducted by John DeMain and directed by Jack O'Brien, is a co-production
among the following opera companies:
Houston Grand Opera, Administrative Producer;
Greater Miami Opera Association
Opera Pacific
Los Angeles Music Center Opera Association
San Diego Opera
Seattle Opera
Portland Opera
Opera/Omaha
Kentucky Opera Association
The Dallas Opera
Cleveland Opera
Michigan Opera Theatre
San Francisco Opera
Executive Producer
SHERWIN M. GOLDMAN
Presented by arrangement exclusively with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., New York
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a
specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
Porgy: Jimi Ray Malary, Mark Coles
Bess: Naomi Moody
Crown: Jerry Godfrey
Serena: Luvada Harrison-Davis
Clara: Roberta Gumbel, Geraldine McMillian
Maria: Linda A. Thompson
Jake: Jimi Ray Malary, Autris Paige
Sportin' Life: Ronn K. Smith, Cornelius White
Mingo: Robert McDaniel, Cliff Hicklen
Robbins: Robert McDaniel
Peter: Dwight A. Ransom
Frazier: Autris Paige
Annie: Jan Forney-Davis, Linda E. Thompson
Lily: Jo Ann Harris Ingram
Strawberry Woman: Jan Forney-Davis
Jim: Jerry Godfrey, Reggie Leon
Undertaker: Russell Saint John
Crab Man: Dwight A. Ransom
Detective: Richert Easley
ENSEMBLE
Timothy Allen
Wilbur Archie
Earl L. Baker
Roslyn Burrough
Mark Coles
Karen Eubanks
Jan Forney-Davis
Jerry Godfrey
Roberta Gumbel
April A. Haines
Theresa Hamm
Luvada Harrison-Davis
Gurcell Henry
Cliff Hicklen
Jo Ann Harris Ingram
Linda James
Reggie Leon
Jimi Ray Malary
Yvette Matthews
Robert McDaniel
Geraldine McMillian
Autris Paige
Dwight A. Ransom
Natalie Reese
Irwin Reese
Russell Saint John
Ronn K. Smith
Vanessa Stewart
Linda E. Thompson
Mervin Wallace
Cornelius White
Denise Woods
STAFF FOR PORGY AND BESS
General Management -- Houston Grand Opera Association, Inc.
Company Manager -- Daryl Dodson
Production Stage Manager -- Mark Baltazar
Stage Managers: Pamela Young, Margaret Stenger
Assistant Stage Manager -- Ted Bouton
Dance Captain -- Karen Eubanks
Master Carpenter -- Brian McGarty
Assistant Carpenter -- Michael Holmes
Tour Lighting Director -- Marie Barrett
Master Electrician -- Tom Rekuc
Assistant Electrician -- Thomas Lane
Property Mistress -- Lynda Wittwer
Wardrobe Mistress -- Leola Edwards
Wardrobe Assistant -- Judith