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18 November - 11 December, 2022
Director: Perry Medlin
A soaring musical pilgrimage that follows a young woman hoping to transform her life on a Greyhound bus journey from North Carolina to Oklahoma in 1964.
Mary Catherine Hughes as Violet
Thad Lane as Flick
Daniel Hugus as Monty
Bernadette Moran as Young Vi
Bruce Young as Father
Jeannie Jones as Hotel Hooker/Old Lady
Chris Estey as Preacher/Bus Driver/Radio Singer/Ensemble
Hillel Finder as Virgil/Radio Singer/Billy Dean/Ensemble
Davina Jackson as Music Hall Singer/Lula Buffington/Ensemble
Bonita Patton as Almeta/Ensemble
James Scales as Radio Soloist/Leroy Evans/Bus Driver/Ensemble
Perry Medlin - Director & Choreographer
Mandy Shuker - Production Stage Manager
Carter Walker - Assistant Stage Manager
Katherine Nies - Music Direction Team
Graeme Rosner - Music Direction Team
Laura Collier - Music Direction Team
Dan Feigert - Scenic Designer
Laurence Hugo - Lighting Designer
Joshua Reid - LED Engineer
Etta Feigert - Lighting Programmer
Bruce Young - Costume Designer
Miriam Halpern - Assistant to the Costume Designer
Maggie Rogers - Props Designer
Daniel Angell - Sound Engineer
Daphne Latham - Wigs & Makeup Designer
Kelly Chambers - Violin
Carl Hamilton - Percussion
Ellis Nolan - Bass
Stella Sokolowski - Guitar
Daniel Angell - Sound Engineer
Megan Moberg - Sound A2/Board Operator
Phoenix Rose - Dresser/Backstage Crew
Laura Rikard - Intimacy Consultant
Kim Shively - Intimacy Consultant
In 1964, a young woman named Violet takes a 900-mile Greyhound bus journey from her home in North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains to Tulsa, Oklahoma—hoping a televangelist preacher will pray away the deep scar on her face. On her way to transform her life, Violet meets a young African-American soldier who knows what it’s like to be an outsider and his Army buddy who is battling demons of his own.
This moving musical is based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts and features show-stopping anthems from Jeanine Tesori, award-winning composer of Fun Home and Caroline, or Change. VIOLET is a Drama Critics’ Circle Award Winner and Tony Award Nominee for Best Revival of a Musical.
“Heart-stirring … with its tangy flavors of country, gospel, blues and honky-tonk rock” —The New York Times
VIOLET is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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