Northlight Theatre MARIE AND ROSETTA

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WHEN:

Thru August 6, 2023

Wednesdays - 1 pm & 7:30 pm
Thursdays - 7:30 pm
Fridays - 8 pm
Saturdays - 2:30 pm & 8 pm
Sundays - 2:30 pm

WHERE:

North Theater at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
9501 Skokie Boulevard
Skokie, IL

TICKETS:

$35+

For more information and tickets visit the Northlight Theatre website.

CAST:

Bethany Thomas as Rosetta
Alexis Roston as Marie

CREATIVE TEAM:

Written by George Brant
Directed by E. Faye Butler
Set Design by John Culbert
Sound Design by Rick Sims
Properties Design by Lonnae Hickman
Stage Management by Rita Vreeland
Costume Design by McKinley Johnson
Light Design by Jared Gooding
Wig Design by Sean Moore
Music Direction/Piano by Morgan E. Stevenson

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...Hailed as the 'Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll,' Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock icons from Elvis Presley to Jimi Hendrix. Bringing fierce guitar playing and sizzling swing to gospel music, Rosetta was a trailblazer, a young Black woman singing at church in the morning and the Cotton Club at night..."

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