
Show
We Move in Color
Written by Wyatt Jackson & Robby Thomas
Music composed, produced & mixed by Gen “Genzo” Rubin
Get Up (from Remember Their Names) written by Wyatt Jackson, Gen Rubin and Cheryl Yie, mixed by Jimmy Douglass and Gen Rubin.
I’m Building Me a Home and I Shall Not Be Moved/We Shall Overcome produced by Joe Pigee
Additional Music:
Harlem Rag by Tom Turpin
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
The Wish Bone by Charlotte Blake
Artwork by Paul Goodnight
Photos by Lou Jones
Additional Images and animation by Gen Rubin
Story Design by Wyatt Jackson
Act 1
Scene 1 - Abundant Africa: From the Beginning
Vocalist: Anita Faye; Choreography: Sheryl Pollard-Thomas
Scene 2 - Captured
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson
Scene 3 - Enslaved (350 Years)
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson
Scene 4 - Emancipation
Choreography: Joe González
Scene 5 - Reconstruction (1864)
Vocalist: Anita Faye
Scene 6 - Great Migration
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson
Scene 7 - Our Renaissance (1927)
Vocalist: Anita Faye
Choreography: Khalid Hill
Intermission
(African Mask animated art by Gen Rubin and Lou Jones)
Act 2
Scene 1 - Inspiration to Resist (1958)
Vocalist: Anita Faye
Scene 2 - We Got the Power (1967)
Choreography: Wyatt Jackson
Scene 3 - Love of Self (1973)
Choreography: Sheryl Pollard-Thomas
Scene 4 - Come Through the Door (1984)
Vocalist, Choreography: Wyatt Jackson
Scene 5 - That Vibe (1993)
Vocalist: Daysha J. Williams; Choreography: Wyatt Jackson
Scene 6 - Remember their Names
Vocalists: Anita Faye, Daysha J. Williams, Wyatt Jackson
Scene 7- Afrofuturism: Here and Now
Vocalists: Anita Faye, Wyatt Jackson, Daysha J. Williams
Choreography: Sheryl Pollard-Thomas, , Khalid Hill, Wyatt Jackson
Cast
Mother Africa - Anita Faye
Griot - Wyatt Jackson
Griot 2 - Daysha J. Williams
African Drummer - Stephen O’Neal
Griot 2 Understudy - Desirae Smith
Dancers: Desirae Smith, Daysha J. Williams, Destiny Delancy, Zakhele Grabowski, Judah Marable, Lexy Lattimore, Aiden Williams, Liberty Hull
Tech Crew
Production Manager/Stage Manager: Candis Hilton
QLab Programmer/Operator: Gen Rubin
Additional Recorded Musicians:
Julian Medeiros - Saxophone
Rodrigo Medeiros - Guitar
Farnell Newton - Trumpet and Trombone