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Walk Together Chillun
Play
Drama
Original
Opening Date
Feb 02, 1936
Closing Date
Feb 1936
Performances
29
Play
Drama
Original
Open Date: Feb 02, 1936
Close Date: Feb 1936
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Lafayette Theatre
(Feb 02, 1936 - Feb 1936)
Setting
The Board Room, Mechanics Hall; Eli's Shack, Recreation Room, St. David's Church; Bland's Barn.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
Written by
Frank Wilson
Directed by
Frank Wilson
and
J. De Witt Spencer
; Under the supervision of
John Houseman
Scenic Design by
Manuel Easman
Choral arrangement and direction by
Leonard De Paur
; Musician:
Roy Holland
,
Gabriel Brown
,
Joseph N. Breen
and
Virgil Van Clive
Juanita Baker
Northerner
Aimee Bates
Southerner
Hilda Bell
Southerner
Alonzo Bosen
Blibbie Jones
Walter Brogsdale
Northerner
Helen Carter
Northerner
Julian Costello
Aubrey Gladman
William Cumberpatch
Southerner
Jean Cutler
Southerner
Evelyn Davis
Southerner
Cornelius Donnelly
Dr. Stratton
Abner Dorsey
Hot Rock
Walter Duke
Northerner
Sidney Easten
Southerner
Irene Ellington
Southerner
Ella Emanuel
Northerner
Oliver Foster
Reverend Smiley
Hilda French
Southerner
Essie Frierson
Northerner
Louis Gilbert
Southerner
Virginia Girvin
Northerner
Louis Godfrey
Southerner
Mary Goodwin
Southerner
Harry G. Grant
Northerner
Lena Halsey
Northerner
John Hayden
Jim Manderville
Josephine Heathman
Southerner
Halle Howard
Northerner
Theodore Howard
Southerner
Nancy Hunt
Northerner
Milton Lacy
Southerner
Effie McDowell
Southerner
Emanuel Middleton
Southerner
Bertram Miller
K.C. Hawkes
Ethel Millner
Northerner
Jose Miralda
Northerner
Lionel Monagas
Willy James
Otis Morse
Southerner
Hilda Offley
Martha Ray Browne
J. Francis O'Reilly
Judge Walters
Alberta Perkins
Tiny
Marguerite Perry
Southerner
Hudson Prince
Henry
Sadie Ricks
Northerner
Ida Roley
Southerner
Myrtle Simms
Northerner
Frances Smith
Mrs. Stallings
Gus Smith
Eli Jackson
Merritt Smith
Northerner
Charles Taylor
Alexander
Harold Taylor
Southerner
Howard Taylor
Southerner
Be-Be Townsend
Bessie Holden
Percy Verwayne
Mr. Primero
Al Watts
Old Face
Christola Williams
Hermantine
Henry Williams
Southerner
Wilhelmina Williams
Blibblie's Wife
Chauncey Worrell
Southerner
James Wright
Northerner
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
Written by
Frank Wilson
Directed by
Frank Wilson
and
J. De Witt Spencer
; Under the supervision of
John Houseman
Scenic Design by
Manuel Easman
Choral arrangement and direction by
Leonard De Paur
; Musician:
Roy Holland
,
Gabriel Brown
,
Joseph N. Breen
and
Virgil Van Clive
Juanita Baker
Northerner
Aimee Bates
Southerner
Hilda Bell
Southerner
Alonzo Bosen
Blibbie Jones
Walter Brogsdale
Northerner
Helen Carter
Northerner
Julian Costello
Aubrey Gladman
William Cumberpatch
Southerner
Jean Cutler
Southerner
Evelyn Davis
Southerner
Cornelius Donnelly
Dr. Stratton
Abner Dorsey
Hot Rock
Walter Duke
Northerner
Sidney Easten
Southerner
Irene Ellington
Southerner
Ella Emanuel
Northerner
Oliver Foster
Reverend Smiley
Hilda French
Southerner
Essie Frierson
Northerner
Louis Gilbert
Southerner
Virginia Girvin
Northerner
Louis Godfrey
Southerner
Mary Goodwin
Southerner
Harry G. Grant
Northerner
Lena Halsey
Northerner
John Hayden
Jim Manderville
Josephine Heathman
Southerner
Halle Howard
Northerner
Theodore Howard
Southerner
Nancy Hunt
Northerner
Milton Lacy
Southerner
Effie McDowell
Southerner
Emanuel Middleton
Southerner
Bertram Miller
K.C. Hawkes
Ethel Millner
Northerner
Jose Miralda
Northerner
Lionel Monagas
Willy James
Otis Morse
Southerner
Hilda Offley
Martha Ray Browne
J. Francis O'Reilly
Judge Walters
Alberta Perkins
Tiny
Marguerite Perry
Southerner
Hudson Prince
Henry
Sadie Ricks
Northerner
Ida Roley
Southerner
Myrtle Simms
Northerner
Frances Smith
Mrs. Stallings
Gus Smith
Eli Jackson
Merritt Smith
Northerner
Charles Taylor
Alexander
Harold Taylor
Southerner
Howard Taylor
Southerner
Be-Be Townsend
Bessie Holden
Percy Verwayne
Mr. Primero
Al Watts
Old Face
Christola Williams
Hermantine
Henry Williams
Southerner
Wilhelmina Williams
Blibblie's Wife
Chauncey Worrell
Southerner
James Wright
Northerner
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