Brer Rabbit, the iconic trickster of African-American folklore, returns in new tales by the poet Nate Marshall: It’s a whole new briar patch now.
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This program is dedicated to the life of George Terrell, a storyteller and enslaved man on the Turnwold Plantation in Eatonton, Georgia. He is one of countless storytellers with names that we will never know or get right.
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Bruh Rabbit
And the Fantastic Telling of Remington Ellis, Esq.
By Nate Marshall
Music composed and sound team led by Mikhail Fiksel
Directed by Wardell Julius Clark
Executive produced by Jeremy McCarter
Performed and recorded live at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago
CAST (in order of appearance)
Interviewer/Mayor/Tar Baby - Sydney Charles
Remington/Fam Bear - Osiris Khepera
Fam Wolf - Charles Andrew Gardner
Fam Fox - Kiayla Ryann
Bruh Rabbit - Al’Jaleel McGhee
SOUND TEAM
Sound designer - Mikhail Fiksel
Associate sound designer - Robert Hornbostel
Recording engineer - Steve Labedz
Audio technician - Maddie Doyle
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production manager - Madeleine Borg
Stage manager - J.C. Widman
Community manager - Arrion Jones
POST-PRODUCTION
Editing, mixing, and additional recording by Mikhail Fiksel and Robert Hornbostel
Mastering by Joe Palermo
Graphic design by Carly Pearlman
Equipment provided by TechMagic Designs
Make-Believe theme music by Mikhail Fiksel
SPECIAL THANKS
Catherine Allen and The Den Theater; Brian Bannon and the staff of Chicago Public Library; Carolyn Casselman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison; Nancy García Loza; Chris Rooney; SAG-AFTRA; Maria Tatar
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
The Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Family Foundation, for an essential launch grant
The Poetry Foundation, our lead season sponsor
Joyce Chelberg, whose generosity supports the work of Make-Believe’s actors
All our donors and supporters
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