Program

“Say Our Names…”

Created and Directed by Laurie Maria Cabral
Produced by Ryan Wantroba
Featuring the Day of Tears Touring Company***


The New Britain Racial Justice Coalition

Hole in the Wall Theater


Program

  1. Say Our Names Flyer – Designed by Ted Guhl
  2. Welcome to Hole in the Wall Theater – Ryan Wantroba
  3. Lift Every Voice and Sing – Performed by Nzinga’s Daughters **
    1. Painting: Black Red White and Blue, Valerie Morone
  4. More Than Matter – Written and performed by Melanie Cox *
  5. Let’s Stop All of This Insane Madness – Written and performed by Frances Sharp
  6. White Man Learning – Written and performed by Dennis Hull *
  7. Erase the Hate – Written by Alyssa Miller, performed by Robert Ierardi *
  8. Love Has No Color – Written and performed by Sheriece Blake
  9. To My White Brothers and Sisters… – Written and performed by Maggie Greene
  10. The Blues – Written by Stephanie Maxwell, performed by Frances Sharp *
  11. Jacob’s Sister – Written and performed by Ted Guhl *
  12. Cold Hard Numbers – Written and performed by Rook Hine
    1. Art by Annie Cho, @itsannchovie
  13. It’s What I Do – Choreography and performance by Amanda Duvall and Gabriel Bowen

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  1. Sandra – Written and performed by Leslie Bivans *
  2. Statue of Liberty – Written and performed by Jacqueline Davis
  3. Getting Woke – Written and performed by Elizabeth Gibbs *
  4. Letter to My Unborn Son – Written by Stephanie Maxwell, performed by Frances Sharp
  5. Why 3? – Written and performed by Ed Richters
  6. Campfire of Liberation – Written and performed by Liston Filyaw *
  7. Rapunzel Revisited – Written by Sue Smallidge, performed by Jomarie Pipolo
  8. We’ve Come a Long Way – Written and performed by Theresa Harris *
  9. What We All Want – Written by Keith Nelson, performed by Richard Anderson *
  10. Too Much/Nothing At All – Written and performed by Brooke Ferguson *
  11. Diversity – Written and performed by Deborah Wilson *
  12. Homo Veracitas – Written and performed by Ted Guhl
  13. They Lynched a Black Man Today – Written by Stephanie Maxwell, performed by Leslie Bivans
  14. Say Our Names – Written and performed by Rosemarie Beskind *
  15. Solidarity! – Written and performed by Jan Jungden and Justin Blackburn

* Protest photos throughout by Arienne Davey
** Nzinga’s Daughters are: Taffie Bently, Joanne James, Alison Johnson, Dayna Snell, and Gail Williams
*** The Day of Tears Touring Company is Laurie Maria Cabral, Richard Anderson, Rosemarie Beskind, Leslie Bivans, Melanie Cox, Jacqueline Davis, Liston Filyaw, Dennis Hull, and Frances Sharp