Porgy and Bess
153 mins
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Marquita Lister
Bess
Alvy Powell
Porgy
Dwayne Clark
Sportin' Life
Darryl Reuben Hall
Company
Wynn Harmon
The Detective
Charles Mandracchia
Policeman
Angela Renée Simpson
Serena
Martin Sola
Nelson
Tazewell Thompson
Director
Dorothy Heyward
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Writer
Douglas W. Schmidt
Production Design
Nancy Potts
Costume Design
Alan Adelman
Lighting Design
Robert Wierzel
Lighting Design
John DeMain
Conductor
