Experiencing the Dream MLK the Musical is a live audience recording of a 26-song score performed with 27 musicians, written by Kesha L. Ealy and co-written and composed by Marcus S. Mason. The musical tells the human side of the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, beginning at their courtship and featuring figures such as Mahalia Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis, Bayard Rustin, and J. Edgar Hoover. The cast includes Eric Dawkins as Martin Luther King Jr., Celeste Butler-Clayton as Coretta Scott King, Patricia Jackson as Rosa Parks, Pam Blackmon Kendle as Mahalia Jackson, and James Singleton as J. Edgar Hoover, among others. The orchestra is under the direction of Leon Lacy, with orchestrations by Fellipe Paccagnella, vocal arrangements by Tony Jones, and musical direction by William Taylor.
Cast and Creative Team for Experiencing the Dream MLK the Musical at Greater Emmanuel Temple
Cast
Eric Dawkins
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bishop Jonathan Mason
John Lewis
Yolanda Gibbons
Maude Ballou
Patricia Jackson
Rosa Parks
Celeste Butler-Clayton
Coretta Scott King
Pam Blackmon Kendle
Mahalia Jackson
James Singleton
J. Edgar Hoover
Melvin Crispell
Ralph Abernathy
Creative Team
Fellipe Paccagnella
Orchestrator
Marcus S. Mason
Co-writer
William Taylor
Musical Director
Tony Jones
Vocal Arranger
Leon Lacy
Conductor
Marcus S. Mason
Composer
Kesha L. Ealy
Writer
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