WaterTower Theatre (WTT) continues the 2009-2010 Season with the Regional Premiere of Frank Higgins' Black Pearl Sings!
In the midst of the Great Depression, Susannah Mullally travels the country, recording lost traditional songs for the Library of Congress. When she encounters Pearl in a Texas prison, Susannah uncovers a treasure-trove of unrecorded slave-era music. But can Pearl hand over her ancestor's songs without giving up something of herself? Starring powerhouse performer Liz Mikel, Black Pearl Sings! is the powerful, honest, and wryly funny story of two women from radically different backgrounds and the music that unites them.Directed by WTT Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin with musical direction by Akin Babtunde, Black Pearl Sings! stars television and Dallas stage performer Liz Mikel (from WTT's It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues and Blind Lemon: Prince of Country Blues) and Diana Sheehan (breakout star of WTT's Grey Gardens). Scenic design is by Christopher Pickart, lighting design is by Leann Ellis, and costume design is by Michael Robinson.
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