Lizan Mitchell (Beartrice) is the matriarch of the Albans family in Marcus Gardley Photo

From: Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Berkeley Rep's THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND

Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of The House that will not Stand, a humorous and gripping historical drama commissioned from award- winning poet-playwright and Oakland native Marcus Gardley. Sensuous, witty, heartbreaking, and uplifting - The House that will not Stand unearths a story about free women of color in 1836 New Orleans, where black Creole women entered into common-law marriages with affluent white men. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!