Very excited that Park Square Theatre is producing the regional premiere of Marie and Rosetta by George Brandt. Directed by Wendy Knox, the production features Jamecia Bennett as Rosetta Tharpe and Rajane Katurah Brown as Marie Knight. The show runs November 23-December 30, 2018.
Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced rock musicians from Elvis to Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles. The story begins in a funeral parlor in Mississippi, as Rosetta and her young protégé, Marie Knight, prepare for a tour that will establish them as a great musical duo. Hear renditions of spirituals like “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” and “Sit Down,” to distinctly non-religious songs like “I Want a Tall Skinny Papa.”
