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Provocative Musical Journey

Nina Simone: Four Women

  • Credits

    By Christina Ham
    Directed by Timothy Douglas

  • Location

    Kreeger Theater

  • Runtime

    1 hour and 45 minutes

“A moving and gorgeous testimonial”

– Star Tribune

Nina Simone: Four Women is generously sponsored by R. Lucia Riddle and .

Velvet-throated songstress Nina Simone hypnotized audiences with her signature renditions of standards from the American songbook. But on September 15, 1963, a devastating explosion in Birmingham, Alabama rocked our entire nation to the core, and from the memory of the four little girls that were lost in this unimaginable tragedy came “Four Women” — along with Simone’s other activist anthems like “Mississippi Goddam,” “Old Jim Crow” and “To Be Young, Gifted and Black.” Through storytelling and song, Nina Simone: Four Women reveals how this iconic chanteuse found her true voice — and how the “High Priestess of Soul” helped define the sound of the Civil Rights Movement.

Cast

THERESA CUNNINGHAM

Sarah

FELICIA CURRY

Sweet Thing / Dance Captain

HARRIETT D. FOY

Nina Simone

TONI L. MARTIN

Sephronia

DARIUS SMITH

Sam

Creative

CHRISTINA HAM

Playwright

TIMOTHY DOUGLAS

Director

DARIUS SMITH

Music Director/Music and Vocal Arrangements

LADY DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI

Choreographer

TIMOTHY MACKABEE

Set Designer

KARA HARMON

Costume Designer

MICHAEL GILLIAM

Lighting Designer

MATTHEW M. NIELSON

Sound Designer

ANNE NESMITH

Wig Designer

CLIFF WILLIAMS III

Fight Consultant

JOCELYN CLARKE

Dramaturg

GEOFF JOSSELSON, CSA

New York Casting

CHRISTI B. SPANN

Stage Manager

MARNE ANDERSON

Assistant Stage Manager

Multimedia

"Nina Simone: Four Women" Trailer
"Nina Simone: Four Women" In Rehearsal
"Nina Simone: Four Women" Teaser
Harriett D. Foy (Nina Simone) in Nina Simone: Four Women, running November 10-December 24, 2017 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
(L to R) Toni L. Martin (Sephronia), Harriett D. Foy (Nina Simone), Felicia Curry (Sweet Thing) and Theresa Cunningham (Sarah) in Nina Simone: Four Women, running November 10-December 24, 2017 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
Theresa Cunningham (Sarah) in Nina Simone: Four Women, running November 10-December 24, 2017 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
(L to R) Toni L. Martin (Sephronia), Harriett D. Foy (Nina Simone) and Felicia Curry (Sweet Thing) in Nina Simone: Four Women, running November 10-December 24, 2017 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Photo by C. Stanley Photography
(L to R) Toni L. Martin (Sephronia), Felicia Curry (Sweet Thing) and Theresa Cunningham (Sarah) in Nina Simone: Four Women, running November 10-December 24, 2017 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.

In The News

BroadwayWorld.com

Felicia Curry Talks Nina Simone And Her Theater Life

Metro Scene TV

Harriett D. Foy And Toni Martin Featured On Metro Scene TV

WUSA9

Soulful Performance By Harriett D. Foy