Photo: Lee Bouse
Photo: Lee Bouse
SHADUHS
UH VOODOO was first produced at Mount Holyoke College, MA March 1999 as
a student performance. Awarded a James Baldwin Playwriting Prize
by FIVE COLLEGE Inc., Amherst, MA., the play had numerous readings.
Cast members were mainly women and non-actors. Admission was free
but donations were taken at the door for Womanshelter/Campaneras,
Holyoke, MA and information was given out on Domestic Violence and AIDS.
Production Team
Director
Cheryl Gittens
Assistant Director
Liz Wiesner
Choreographer and Assistant
Director
Laconia Koerner
Dramaturge
Xania Foster
Stage Manager
Molly Hazelton
Assistant Stage Manager
Rebecca Cutler
House Manager
Erica Dyson
Set Designer
Jessica Rouse
Assis. Cost. Designer
and Cost. Mistress
Patricia Tanner
Sound Effects
Keith Jones
Publicity/Poster Design
& Program Image
Lee Bouse
Program Text
Marc Boucher
In the House
Mother
Carrie Bullock
Son
Melissa Myers
Daughter
Yvonne Awotwi
Father
Devin Dickerson
In the Hospital
Young Man
Jay Rajaraman
Young Man
Insiya Rasiwala
Rumdrinkers
Rumdrinker without Hat
Ariana Drusine-Stokes
Rumdrinker with Hat
Nadine Proctor
Shaduhs
Hilary Kern, Madhavi
Nambiar, Carrie Searles, Vanessa Martin, Gayatri Patel,
Shaan Nariman, Emily
Paulin, Gretchen Sweeney, Bridget Bauerslate
Extras in Town Scene
Rea Tarr, Binta Cross,
Kabilla Williams, Carina Ndiaye, Reba Short,
Olanike Oyeyemi, Laura
Malone, Veronica Gonaris
Laos
Legba
Ruth Lopez
Carrefour
Danielle Carter
Guédé
Dartania Lilie
Solo Dancer
Kelley Page
Drummer
Sekou, of Marilyn Middleton's
Bamadele drummers and dancers, Amherst, MA
Caribbean Dancers
MHACASA Dancers of
Mt. Holyoke College, MA
Voiceovers
Shaduhs Uh Voodoo Poem
Cheryl Gittens
Shaduh Sounds
Cheryl Gittens, Eileen
Drumm, Christopher and Julia
Child's Voice
Rosemary Jackson
British Voice
Dilrukshi Foneska