Name: Marian's Song
Start: 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cullen Theater

Admin

Organization

Singer

Contralto

Zoie Reams

Marian Anderson

Bass

Nicholas Newton

Billy King

Soprano

Cynthia Clayton

Eleanor Roosevelt

Mrs. Roberts

Conductor

Benjamin Manis

Stage director

Dennis Whitehead Darling

Chorus master

Kevin J. Miller

Lighting designer

Driscoll Otto

Houston Grand Opera

English

Marian's Song

Houston

United States

Cullen Theater

Marian’s Song takes place both in the present day and in the past, during Anderson’s lifetime. When current-day Howard University student Nevaeh, who admires the singer thanks to stories shared by her grandmother, learns the church where Anderson sang as a child is slated for demolition, she travels to Philadelphia to try to save it. Nevaeh’s journey is woven together with Anderson’s life story—her disappointments, her triumphs, and along the way, the works she sang so transcendently, including spirituals and classical pieces.

Marian's Song Sneed

Public

Private

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading