Please Underestimate Me is a one-woman show starring TV personality, author, chef, and restaurateur Carla Hall in her first professional stage role. Hall co-wrote the autobiographical script with Lori Kaye and Leslie Thomas, tracing her life from her Tennessee roots through Howard University, a stint on the runways of Paris, and her career in food and television. The show explores themes of resilience, identity, and authenticity, including her experiences with racism, sexism, and the pressures of Black excellence. The production is directed by Helen Hayes Award-winner Lili-Anne Brown and was developed at Olney Theatre as part of its Vanguard Arts Fund.
Cast and Creative Team for Please Underestimate Me at Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, Olney Theatre Center
Cast
Carla Hall
Ensemble
Creative Team
Erin Como
Honorary Producer
Lauren M. Nichols
Set Designer
Willow James
Sound Designer
Kelly Colburn
Projections Designer
Leslie Thomas
Co-writer
Lori Kaye
Co-writer
Lili-Anne Brown
Director
Erika L. Placencia
Production Stage Manager
Paris Francesca
Costume Designer
Harold Burgess
Lighting Designer
Eric Adjepong
Honorary Producer
Spike Mendelsohn
Honorary Producer
Nycci Nellis
Honorary Producer
Nina Oduro
Honorary Producer
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