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Selma Burke By Maria Crooks and Caroline Russell-King - THEATRE CALGARY in partnership with ALBERTA
Creative Team
Set Design - Hanne Loosen
Costume Design - Adejoké Taiwo
Lighting Design - Tim Rodrigues
Sound Design & Composition - Kathryn Smith
Projection Design - Brendan Briceland
Movement Choreographer - Javier Vilalta
Intimacy Director - Anastasia St. Amand
Assistant Director - Lennette Randall
Voice & Dialect Coach - Jane MacFarlane
Stage Manager - Meredith Johnson
Assistant Stage Manager - Jennifer Yeung
Apprentice Stage Manager - Brady Hillman
Cast: Christopher Clare, Christopher Hunt, Norma Lewis, Heather Pattengale
Photos by
Trudie Lee
WORLD PREMIERE | NEW CANADIAN PLAY
The true story of the woman behind the American dime
Few know of Selma Burke, the Black American sculptor who played a major role in the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 30s. Among her works is a bas-relief plaque of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which is now widely accepted to be the basis for the design on the American dime, and something for which she never received credit within her lifetime. A stirring play about the importance of art, courage, romance, and justice, Burke’s rarely-told story is brought to life in this world premiere by Calgary playwrights Maria Crooks and Caroline Russell-King.
