WE SHALL SOMEDAY
“A cry for justice courses through ‘SOMEDAY.’”
“‘WE SHALL SOMEDAY,’ a powerfully affecting work by composer Ted Shen and playwright Harrison David Rivers.”
“It’s an epic story told in an intimate, moving, and lovely way.”
WORLD PREMIERE
Apr 19 - May 14, 2023
CLOSED MAY 14
Ritz Theater
Book & Lyrics by Harrison David Rivers
Music & Additional Lyrics by Ted Shen
Directed by Kelli Foster Warder
Music Direction by Denise Prosek
Featuring Ronnie Allen, Erin Nicole Farsté, Roland Hawkins II, and Bradley Johnson
The roots of resistance and resilience run deep in three generations of a Black family grappling with inequality, violence and oppression. This intimate new musical, performed by four actors in tour de force performances asks us to contemplate the cycle of racism in America and how we might commit to creating real change.
A muliti-media stage experience, We Shall Someday is set against the backdrop of everyday Black America and the historical events that echo the conversations surrounding civil rights today. From Freedom Riders to Rodney King, this story explores the bonds of family ties that hold us in our most uncertain times, the opportunities and pitfalls of living under oppressive systems, and the decisions we make when given the choice to stand in solidarity with our loved ones - and ourselves.
“We got thirty days for “breach of the peace,” which is a joke really ‘cause the Riders’ efforts were expressly peaceful. “Non-violent.” But folks don’t like change. Peaceful or not. They want things to stay the same. They want folks like me to stay right where we’ve always been. And they’ll do anything to keep us there. Anything to stop change from happening. Even things they never dreamed of doing. They’ll slash tires. And blow-up buses. They’ll lock away the innocent and keep ‘em from seeing the sky.”
- Julius, WE SHALL SOMEDAY
PS = Post Show Discussions
ASL/AD Performance is May 4th at 7:30 pm. Reduced price tickets are available for $17.50 for ASL/AD patrons and one guest. Please call 612-339-3003 to purchase.
OC = Open Captioned Performance
VIDEO
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
CAST
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Director: Kelli Foster Warder
Music Director: Denise Prosek
Music Supervisor: Deborah Abramson
Scenic Designer: Sarah Bahr
Costume Designer: Amber Brown
Lighting Designer: Kyia Britts
Sound Designer: C Andrew Mayer
Projections Designer: Kathy Maxwell
Production Stage Manager: Shelby Reddig
Assistant Stage Manager: Ajah Williams
+ CAST BIOGRAPHIES
RONNIE ALLEN (Jay) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Merrily We Roll Along. THEATER: Ten Thousand Things: Thunder Knocking on the Door.
ERIN NICOLE FARSTÉ (Ruby) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Christmas at the Local. THEATER: Children's Theatre Company: Corduroy; Yellow Tree Theatre: In the Next Room, Passing Strange; History Theatre: Not In Our Neighborhood, Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story; Guthrie Theatre: Dining With the Ancestors; Artistry Theatre: Footloose; Old Log Theatre: Beehive; Park Square Theatre: Antigone. TRAINING: B.F.A in Musical Theatre, Rockford University.
ROLAND HAWKINS II (Julius) THEATER LATTÉ DA: debut. THEATER: Minnesota Opera: La fille du régiment, Opulence, The Shining, Il Trovatore, Lakme; Des Moines Metro Opera: Porgy and Bess, George Washington Carver, Carmen, Un Ballo In Maschera, Othello, Regina; Chanhassen Dinner Theater: Sister Act; Mixed Precipitation: The Magic Flute, Philemon and Baucis, Orpheus in the underworld; Minneapolis Musical Theater: Analog and Vinyl, Hands on a Hard Body.
BRADLEY JOHNSON (Guard/Sergeant/Scooter) THEATER LATTÉ DA: debut. THEATER: Artistry: Little Women, Memphis, Shrek; Zephyr Theater: Romeo and Juliet; Lyric Arts: Title of Show, Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Minneapolis Musical Theater: Analog and Vinyl; Minnetonka Music Theater: Little Women; Lakeshore Players Theater: Company, Fame; U of MN: Pippin. TRAINING: B.A. in Performance Creation, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). UPCOMING: Theater Latté Da: Next to Normal.
