WHEN:
Feb 7-8, 2025
WHERE:
Hayti Heritage Center
Performance Hall
804 Fayetteville St.
Durham, NC 27701
TICKETS:
Free to the public
For more information and tickets visit the Switch Theatre Company website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...a time travelling romp through Black history. Helen’s History Hop tells the story of Helen Thomas, a precocious inner-city middle-schooler, who teams up with the Queen of Time to live through some important moments in Black history, and who learns a lesson in time to save a fellow classmate’s future…"
CAST:
Time Queen/Ms. Ann Sestor ……………………….. Joy Harrell-Goff
Helen Thomas ……………………….. Jada Simone Harris
Jamar ……………………….. Ayaan Lewis
Billy ……………………….. Monee Reid
Sonia Sotomayor ……………………….. Reem Ziyad
Bessie Coleman/Harriet Tubman ……………………….. Brittany Evans
Jack ……………………….. Justin Marcellus
Narrator ……………………….. Nia Imani-Walker
CREATIVE TEAM:
Director: Akili Holder-Cozart
Stage Manager: Cass Regehr
Sound Design: Nick Wallhausser
Lighting/Projection Design: EJ Thorne
