ArtSpot remounted its epic 2001 performance for the bicentennial commemoration of Louisiana’s 1811 Slave Revolt. This performance event united a multi-cultural, multi-generational group of New Orleans artists to examine a piece of our community’s buried history, to commemorate the bicentennial of an act of resistance by enslaved Africans in Louisiana, and to explore ways to improve our shared present and future.
Made possible by The Surdna Foundation, and by Tulane University Department of Theatre and Dance. Presented in collaboration with The Louisiana Museum of African American History, Dillard University Theater Department, Students at the Center, The Renaissance Project, McDonogh 35 Senior High School, and Third Eye Theatre.
New Orleans African American Museum
New Orleans, LA
October 14-30, 2011
Directed by
Kathy Randels and Monique Moss
Original music by
Sean LaRocca and Kathy Randels
Set Design by Jeff Becker
Costume Design by Shawn Hall
Lighting Design by Davis Barron
Performed by
Ausettua AmorAmenkum, Tricia Anderson, Carolyn Blessing, Martin Bradford, Kenneth Bryan, Kirk Bush, Andrea Freewater, Jeffery Gunshol, Amanda Hale, Barbara Hayley, Jarrell Hamilton, Kaci McGuire, Michael Quess? Moore, Monique Moss, Rebecca Mwase, Erin Reho Pelias, Josef Pons, Michael Quintana, Kathy Randels, Derek Roguski, Lisa Shattuck, Claire Williams and Ray Vrazel
Musicians
Piano Sean LaRocca
Trumpet Maurice Turner, Eric Lucero
Violin Hisham Bravo, Mary Preto, Sam Craft
Viola Marjorie Garnier, Jacqueline Sandor
Cello Tatiana Piño, Monica McIntyre
Bass Samuel A. Phillips, Joseph Haennie
Drums Damas “FanFan” Louis, Brotha T, Bakari Blackman
Haitian Singer Mambo Marie Lourdes Simeon
Stage Manager Bonnie Gabel
Asst Stage Manager Mandisa Reed
House Manager Alison Haracznak
Light Operator Parker Denton
Stage Hands Graham Hamaker, Peter Dupuis, Tai Nicholas
Carpentry Louisa Sargent, Adam Tourek, Jedric Walker, Moose Jackson, Phil Cramer, Bruce France
Costume Assistant Margaret Hull
Piano Technician Marty Lastrapes
"Moving and haunting."
—Helen Jaksch, NOLA Defender (2011)
"The beautiful original music by Sean LaRocca and Randels [is] both subtle and evocative."
—Brian Sands, Ambush Magazine (2011)
"A fiery, driven portrayal by Martin Bradford."
—Theodore Manhe, Times-Picayune (2011)
"The always incisive ArtSpot Productions returns with a remount of its show, Rumours of War."
—Sara Pic, Antigravity (2011)
