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STAGE AURORA
'Theatre that Enlightens'
CURRENTLY ONSTAGE
Harlem of the South
A Virtual Fundraiser Production
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Join us for “Harlem of the South” a Black History Month and Women’s History Month celebration. “Harlem of the South” is a virtual presentation featuring Broadway & TV Stars with the music and flair of the Harlem Renaissance.
Swing and Scat Era, Stride Piano, and The Blues
Ramona Dunlap SINGS "It Don’t Mean A Thing"
Richard C. Alston PLAYS "Keep Off the Grass"
Jannie Jones SINGS "Go Back to Where You Stayed Last Night"
The Sounds of Race in the South were heard through Poetry
T’Keyáh Crystal Keymáh PERFORMS "To a Dark Girl"
Charles Reese PERFORMS "I Too"
Natasha Yvette Williams SINGS "How I Got Over"
Race commentary into Classical and Political
Reggie Whitehead SINGS "Ain’t Necessarily So"
Charles Reese PERFORMS "Democracy"
The Viva School DANCES "Side by Side on the A Train"
Evolution of Styles
LaTrisa Harper SINGS "Keepin Out of Mischief"
Tarra Conner Jones SINGS "Mean to Me"
Darryl Reuben Hall SINGS "Azure Te"
T’Keyáh Crystal Keymáh PERFORMS "The Mask"
Akia Uwanda SINGS "Georgia"
‘Never-ending Struggle’
Lacy Phillips DANCES "Strange Fruit"
T’Keyáh Crystal Keymáh PERFORMS a Sonnet
Charles Reese PERFORMS "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

















-THE PERFORMANCES-
by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
by James P. Johnson
by Ethel Waters
by Gwendolyn Bennet
by Langston Hughes
by Clara Ward, famously sung by Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson
by George and Ira Gershwin from Porgy and Bess
by Langston Hughes
by Fats Waller
by Billie Holiday
by Bill Davis and Don Wolf from 5 Guys Named Moe
by Ray Charles
by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan), recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939
by Alice Dunbar Nelson
by Langston Hughes
Music by Billy Strayhorn, Choreographed by LaTrisa Harper
Special Thanks to our Director, Roumel Reaux!
Drawn from the Water: An R&B Musical Exodus

"Drawn from the Water" is an original modern-day musical based on the Story of Moses.
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