adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play Porgy, itself an adaptation of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Director
Associate Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Dance Master
Fight Director
Piano
Musical Preparation
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup Designer
Production Super Captain
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
Show Dates
Broadcast
11/1/2009 delayed broadcast, KFDC and WFMT.
Time and Place
Catfish Row and Kittiwah Island, South Carolina; early 1950s
Scenes
Media
Acknowledgements
This production is made possible by Company Sponsors John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn
Additional major support has been provided by The Ira and Leonore Gershwin Philanthropic Fund
Notes
11/1/2009 delayed broadcast, KFDC and WFMT.
The Gershwins®
PORGY AND BESS
by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
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for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family.
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Washington National Opera production
ADDITIONAL SOLO VOICES:
Pamela Dillard
David Hughey
Kenneth Nichols
Taiwan Norris
Shawnette Sulker
Nicole Taylor
Tammy Woods
SUPERNUMERARIES
Rona Alexander
Denise Boxill
Yuriko Castillian
Vernon Felder
Verna Howard
Elé Howell
Morgan Jones
Myles Jones
Trina Lewis
Trinh Lewis
Mickel London
Jordyn Lucas
Christian Manning
Anita Merrihew
Wesley Morgan
Sean O'Connor
Tea Paden
Lawrence Shorter
Christopher Smith
Raymon Smith
Gilbert Spence
Doug Spradlin
James Stream
Skylar Waldon