Harriet Jacobs
By Lydia R. Diamond
Inspired by Jacobs' 1861 autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Underground Railway Theater
Artistic Director: Debra Wise
Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA (January 7-31, 2010)
Hibernian Hall, Roxbury, MA (March 3-7, 2010)
Perishable Theatre, Providence RI (March 10-13, 2010)

Elliot Norton Nominee: Best New Play
​IRNE Nominee: Best Ensemble

CREATIVE TEAM
Set and Object Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Lighting design by David Roy
Costume design by Chip Schoonmaker
Original music by Clarice LaVerne-Thompson
Movement design by Melody Ruffin Ward
Stage Managed by Dominique Burford

CAST
Kami Rushell Smith: Harriet Jacobs
Ramona Lisa Alexander: Grandma/Ensemble
Obehi Janice: Mary/Ensemble
Sheldon Best: Tom/Ensemble (Cambridge)
Cheo Bourne: Tom/Ensemble (Roxbury/Providence)
Mishell Lilly: Harold/Ensemble
Kortney Adams: Mrs. Norcom/Ensemble
Raidge: Master Norcom/Ensemble
De'Lon Grant: Samuel Treadwell Sawyer/Ensemble

REVIEWS
Boston Globe (Critics Pick of the Week)
Boston Herald
Boston Phoenix
Edge Boston

Click here to read the forward to the published version of the play

PHOTOS
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Stewart, David Roy
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