GRACE FORD’S THEATRE | Nolan Williams, Jr. (music & lyrics, music director); Nolan Williams, Jr. & Nikkole Salter (book); Robert Barry Fleming (director & choreographer); Jason Ardizzone-West (set design); Dominique Fawn Hill (costume design); Xavier Pierce (lighting designer); David Budries (sound designer); Nikiya Mathis (hair & wig designer); Martine Kei Green-Rogers (dramaturg); Sheldon Epps (creative consultant); Craig A. Horness (production stage manager); Jessica R. Aguilar (stage manager); Taryn Friend (assistant stage manager); Kristin Fox-Siegnmund (deputy director and director of programming); David Hughey, Arica Jackson, Raquel Jennings, Rayshun LaMarr, Jarran Muse, Solomon Parker III, Nova Y. Payton, Virginia Ann Woodruff (actors); Marie Schneggenburger (props designer / coordinator); Carey Lawless (production supervisor); Andrew Fox (head carpenter); C. Marlow Seyffert (props head); Riw Rakkulchon, Ethan Brown, Laura Valenti, Gaya Chatterjee, C De la Cruz (assistant set designers); Daedalus Design & Production Inc (scene shop); Delia Revard (scenic charge).

PRESS

THE WASHINGTON POST REVIEW
“Aunts and cousins assemble for a memorial in the backyard of Minton’s restaurant, beneath a magnificent mural outlining the history of Black hospitality. Jason Ardizzone-West’s set situates us with such keen atmospheric specificity that you can almost smell the cooking in the upstage kitchen..”
-The Washington Post 2022 (Peter Marks)
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BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW
“A cascade of riches is on display in this ambitious new musical, and I felt as if I was being caught up in a fever dream of imagery thanks to the highly atmospheric scenic design of Jason Ardizzone-West. The entire height of the stage wall was turned into an historic Philadelphia row house replete with a fire escape, brick walls, screen door, window, and room entrance. The exterior was highly textured to show a sense of living history with renovations and a mural that showed influential and historic African Americans… Grace is a mouth-watering dish of family and community served up with super-charged music and vocals. This ambitious musical shows the promise and potential of exploding talent and points the way to the future of the musical. It should be seen by diverse audiences in ever-expanding venues.”
-Broadway World 2022 (David Friscic)
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