THE COLORED MUSEUM

by George C. Wolfe
Production Staff
Original Music by Loni Berry
Stage Manager ......................... ............... Sarah Kirschbaum
Asst. to the Lighting Designers ...................... Julianne Seitel
Choreography by Cary Gant
Asst. Stage Manager ........................................ Andi Wright Lighting Design by Arden Fingerhut
Light Board Operators ................................... Erika Bailey and Lenore Doxsee
Sound Operator .............................................. Liat Goldman Costume Design by D. A. R. Brothers
Stagehands ................................................ Colin Buckhurst
Electrics ................................................... Kristen Anderson
Costume Design Assistants .......................... Allison Achauer
CURATOR
Beth Lewand, Erin McGill
Cordelia Aitkin

MINSTRELS
Production Manager .......................... Cosmo A. Catalano, Jr.
Sharon Alcaro
Costume Consultant ................................... D. A. R. Brothers
Rachel Barenblat
Senior Scene Technician ................................. George Aitken
Aeryk Carr
Production Management Associate ...... Deanna Keagy Shorb
Corinna Louis
Technicians ...................... Cordelia Aitkin, Dedrick Dunbar
Sarah Gardam, Eric Gilbert
MOVERS
Alys Holden, Dean Lima, Julianne Seitel
Costume Assistants ............... Diya Banerjee, Stephanie Bird Jason Fogler
Glen Kelley
Erika Iverson, Jayanti Ramiah, Lisa Uebelacker
Dan Robb
House Manager ......................................... Rebecca Beavers
David Rosenfeld
Box Office Assistants ................... Neil Hobbs, Henry Shinn

Acknowledgments DRUMMER
Smith College John Rogers
Kentucky Fried Chicken - Pittsfield
House of Walsh
Dick Cummings, Athletics The Exhibits
Tim Sedlock, WCMA
Paul Dion, Clark Art Institute CELEBRITY SLAVESHIP
Western Union MISS PAT .................................................. Erica Myers
Mary Gangemi, Health Services
COOKIN' WITH AUNT ETHEL
AUNT ETHEL ................................... Allison B. Burkett
The Colored Museum had its world premiere at the
Crossroads Theatre Company on 26 March 1986. THE PHOTO SESSION
GIRL ................................................. Akua Osei-Bonsu
GUY ........................................... ............... John Rogers
 SOLDIER WITH A SECRET
JUNIE ROBINSON ............................. Rashid K. Curtis

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MISS ROJ DIRECTOR'S NOTE

MISS ROJ .................................... Kwame L. Abernathy I first became interested in The Colored Museum during its
WAITER ..................... ................................ John Rogers early stages, as playwright George C. Wolfe is a friend.
When I saw the play on opening night at The Public Theatre
THE HAIRPIECE . in New York, I had mixed emotions. Frankly, the production
THE WOMAN ........................ ........ Denise Y. Williams led to many lengthy debates about the play's cultural
JANINE ......................... .................. Allison B. Burkett validity. It wasn't until I realized that I was still
LAW ANDA ....................................... Akua Osei-Bonsu passionately discussing a production I had seen months before
that I recognized its power.
!:J. !:J. !:J. INTERMISSION !:J. !:J. !:J. The Colored Museum has been my 'lucky' play. I directed the
first college production at Brown University in 1987, which
THE LAST MAMA-ON-THE-COUCH PLAY went on to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as a
NARRATOR .... :........................... Kwame L. Abernathy winner of the American College Theatre Festival. I am
MAMA ............................................ Allison B. Burkett hoping the luck will continue, inspite of the fact that opening
WALTER-LEE-BEAU-WILLIE JONES ... Rashid K. Curtis . night is Friday the 13th.
LADY IN PLAID ................................ Akua Osei-Bonsu The Colored Museum speaks for itself. To make an attempt to
MEDEA JONES ............................. Denise Y. Williams label or define this work is unnecessary; and although each
viewer will see something d ifferent, I am sure everyone will
SYMBIOSIS find it thought-provoking.
THE MAN .......................................... Rashid K. Curtis
THE KID ................................................... John Rogers

LALA'S OPENING
LALA LAMAZING GRACE ............... Denise Y. Williams
ADMONIA ..................................... .. Allison B. Burkett
FLO'RANCE ............. ................... Kwame L. Abernathy
THE LIITLE GIRL .......................... Christina Dickerson

PERMUTATIONS
Produced through special arrangement with Broadway Play
NORMAL JEAN REYNOLDS ....................... Erica Myers
Publishing, Inc., 357 W. 20th St., NY, NY 10011. The script to this
play may be purchased through BPPI.
THE PARTY
TOPSY WASHINGTON ..................... Akua Osei-Bonsu
MISS PAT ........................ .................. ........ Erica Myers The use of cameras and recording equipment in
AUNT ETHEL .................. ................ Allison B. Burkett the theatre is prohibited.
MISS ROJ ............................ ....... Kwame L. Abernathy
LALA LAMAZING GRACE .............. Denise Y. Williams
MAN .. ............... ...................... .............. Rashid Curtis
KID ............ ................... ............. .............. John Rogers