Artistic Team

Jonathan Berger, Composer
Enrico Riley*, Visual Artist
Vievee Francis, Librettist

Kamna Gupta, Conductor
Niegel Smith, Director

Neema Bickersteth, Co-Choreographer
Trebien Pollard, Co-Choreographer
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Consulting Choreographer

Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson, Choir Director

Dr. Shamell Bell, Co-Social Impact Director
Gwen Carr, Co-Social Impact Director

Bryan Joseph Lee*, Producer, NYC Civic Partnerships & Activations

Kim Whitener/KiWi Productions, Creative Producer/Tour Producer
The Flea Theater, Associate Producer

Designers
Peter Nigrini*, Scenic & Projection
Reza Behjat, Lights
Gabriel Berry, Costumes
Camilla Tassi*, Projection Associate

Brian Freeland, Production Manager
Jason Kaiser, Stage Manager 

Cassey Kivnick, Assistant Stage Manager
Jean-Louis Thauvin, Sound Engineer
Carla Thomas, Wardrobe Supervisor
Emanuel Cohen, Supertitle Operator
Maimouna Camara, Company Manager 
Rachel Isaacs-Falbel, Hopkins Center Company Manager

Featuring
Neema Bickersteth, Soprano (Neema/Erica)
Trebien Pollard, Dancer (Eric/Many more)
Isaiah Robinson, Lead Chorister (Isaiah)
Greg Ward, Saxophone (Eric)
Fung Chern Hwei, Violin
Titilayo Ayangade, Cello
Mikael Darmanie, Piano
Bonnie Whiting, Percussion

Choir
Members of Mama Foundation and Dartmouth College Gospel Choir

Producers, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth
Mary Lou Aleskie, Howard Gilman Executive Director
Joshua Price Kol*, Executive Producer / Managing Director
Jan Sillery, Producer / Director of Financial Operations
Michael Bodel, Producer / Director of External Affairs

NYC Community Activation & Impact Team
Jahtiek Long, Associate Community Producer
Sidney Erik Wright, Associate Community Producer
Sofia Pavan Macias
Annie Branch*
Ashlee Robinson
Amber Wylie

*Denotes Dartmouth Alumnus/a

Bios

  • Titilayo Ayangade

    Cello

  • Reza Behjat

    Lights

  • Dr. Shamell Bell

    Social Impact Director

  • Jonathan Berger

    Composer

  • Gabriel Berry

    Costumes

  • Neema Bickersteth

    Soprano, Co-Choreographer

  • Gwen Carr

    Co-Social Impact Director

  • Mikael Darmanie

    Piano

  • Vievee Francis

    Librettist

  • Brian Freeland

    Production Manager

  • Kamna Gupta

    Conductor

  • Fung Chern Hwei

    Violin

  • Jason Kaiser

    Stage Manager

  • Bryan Joseph Lee

    Producer, Civic Partnerships & Community Activations

  • Jahtiek Long

    Associate Community Producer

  • Peter Nigrini

    Scenery & Projection

  • Trebien Pollard

    Dancer, Co-Choreographer

  • Enrico Riley

    Visual Artist

  • Isaiah Robinson

    Lead Chorister

  • Niegel Smith

    Theater Director

  • Camilla Tassi

    Projection Associate

  • Greg Ward

    Saxophonist

  • Kim Whitener

    Creative Producer

  • Bonnie Whiting

    Percussion

  • Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

    Co-Choreographer

  • Sidney Erik Wright

    Associate Community Producer