Harlem Queen

"Harlem Queen" is a Black historical fiction audio drama based on the life and times of Black, woman, "gangster" Madame Stephanie St. Clair during the Harlem Renaissance (the story takes place around 1926-32). Madame St. Clair had a powerful impact on building the Harlem community underground and aboveground and defining the Harlem Renaissance. Our goal is for you to be entertained, educated, empowered and uplifted after hearing this amazing story! Written and independently produced by Yhane Washington Smith an A' Lelia Bundles Scholar at Columbia University. You can follow on Instagram: @Yhane.Writes.Audio, our web site: YhaneWashingtonSmith.com, email: HarlemQueenAudioDrama@gmail.com. or our newsletter: https://harlemqueen.substack.com/ And our Patreon to raise money to continue making this show: https://www.patreon.com/harlemqueen Thank you for listening and reading!

Episodes

Harlem Queen Season One - Trailer

February 10, 2019 • 3 mins

THANK YOU for listening! "Harlem Queen" an audio drama based on Madame Stephanie St. Clair, top gangster in Harlem during the 1920s. Featuring: Gabrielle Adkins Ian Bell Journey Brown-Saintel Nia Calloway D. Rubin Green Steven Hylton Isaiah James Mueller Damien Paris Luke Slattery Created and Written by Yhane Washington Smith Directed by Shawn Regruto Edited by Chris Manly Sound Design by Pete Kohl Recorded at The Buddy Project S...

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S1 EP1 - You Know Who I Work For?

February 24, 2019 • 14 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Content Warning: This episode contains gun violence and racial and ethnic slurs. A numbers war begins in 1920s Harlem (during the Harlem Renaissance) between gangsters Dutch Schultz and Madame Stephanie St. Clair. Stephanie is shot. Starring: Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ian Bell - Dutch Schultz Journey Brown-Saintel - Ruby Washington Nia Calloway - Betty D. Rubin Green - Calvin J. Floyd...

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S1 EP2 - Know Your Onions.

March 5, 2019 • 11 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Stephanie demands the respect she deserves. Content Warning: This episode may contain gun violence and racial and ethnic slurs. Featuring: Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ian Bell - Dutch Schultz Journey Brown-Saintel - Ruby Washington Nia Calloway - Betty D. Rubin Green - Calvin J. Floyd Steven Hylton - Bunky, Holstein, Langston Hughes Isaiah James Mueller - Eugene Washington Damien Paris ...

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S1 EP3 - You'd Have to Do More than Spit a Bullet Against My Hip to Get Rid of Me.

March 26, 2019 • 14 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Stephanie plans her retaliation. Content Warning: This episode may contain gun violence and racial and ethnic slurs. Featuring: Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ian Bell - Dutch Schultz Journey Brown-Saintel - Ruby Washington Nia Calloway - Betty D. Rubin Green - Calvin J. Floyd Melissa Green - Zora Neale Hurston and Ruby Washington Steven Hylton - Bunky, Holstein, Langston Hughes Peter Ki...

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S1 EP4 - Opportunity (Season Finale)

April 5, 2019 • 18 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Stephanie strikes back. Content Warning: This episode may contain gun violence and racial and ethnic slurs. Featuring: Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ian Bell - Dutch Schultz Journey Brown-Saintel - Ruby Washington Nia Calloway - Betty D. Rubin Green - Calvin J. Floyd Melissa Green - Zora Neale Hurston, Ruby Washington Steven Hylton - Bunky, Holstein, Langston Hughes Peter Killy - Lucky ...

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Harlem Queen Season Two Trailer

April 2, 2020 • 4 mins

We are excited to present to you season two of Harlem Queen! Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you don't miss new episodes. Instagram: @Yhane.Writes.Audio Twitter: @AudioHarlem Web site: YhaneWashingtonSmith.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S2 EP1 - Kidnapped!

May 25, 2020 • 15 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Madame Stephanie St. Clair searches for Michele. Content Warning: This episode includes a reference to rape, lynching and racial slurs. Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ukachi Arinzeh - Countee Cullen Ian Bell - Dutch Schultz, Fella D. Rubin Green - Floyd J. Calvin, WEB DuBois, Holstein Melissa Green - Ruby Washington Steven Hylton - Bunky Peter Killy - Lucky Luciano Jocelyn O'Toole - Ida A...

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S2 EP2 - Busted!

June 16, 2020 • 12 mins

THANK YOU! To our new patrons: Amara! Donald! Morris! Fran S.! Chris M.! Danielle C.! Sara N.! Your support is invaluable and helps to keep us going. Madame Stephanie St. Clair continues to pay a heavy price to search for Michele. Content Warning: This episode includes a reference to rape, lynching and racial slurs. Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ukachi Arinzeh - Countee Cullen Ian Bell - Dutch Schultz, Charles Du...

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S2 EP3 - Bailed!

July 7, 2020 • 17 mins

THANK YOU! To our new patrons: Amara! Donald! Morris! Fran S.! Chris M.! Danielle C.! Sara N.! Your support is invaluable and helps to keep us going. Michele has to make her way back home. Eugene questions Holstein's motives. Wallace Thurman asks for Madame St. Clair's patronage. Special Guest Appearance by Brandon Micheal Hall as Wallace Thurman Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ukachi Arinzeh - Countee Cullen, Anno...

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S2 EP4 - Discovered! (Season Finale)

July 14, 2020 • 22 mins

THANK YOU! To our new patrons: Amara! Donald! Morris! Fran S.! Chris M.! Danielle C.! Sara N.! Your support is invaluable and helps to keep us going. HUGS and GRATITUDE To the best cast a hotsty totsy (that's me) could ever ask for! Michele returns and is discovered. Special Guest Appearance by Brandon Micheal Hall as Wallace Thurman Gabrielle Adkins - Madame Stephanie St. Clair Ukachi Arinzeh - Countee Cullen, Announcer Ian Bel...

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Introducing: The Courtship of Mona Mae - We Must Be Practical

February 28, 2021 • 20 mins

THANK YOU for listening! CONTENT WARNING: Gun fighting, language. In the 1870s, pioneers Mona Mae Christophe and Zekial Montgomery search for Mona's mother, Clara. Mona must recall long forgotten memories in order to find her mother, love and a secure life for herself. Cast: Brandon Micheal Hall as Zekial Montgomery Gabrielle Adkins as Mona Mae Christophe Luke Slattery as Conners D. Rubin Green as Tump TJ Washington as Hayes Sound...

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Harlem Queen Season Three Sneak Listen

June 22, 2021 • 3 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Here is a sneak listen of season three episode one of Harlem Queen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S3 EP1 - Rapport

July 5, 2021 • 20 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Michele decides to build a rapport with her estranged mother. Gabrielle Adkins as Stephanie St. Clair, Ian Bell as Dutch Schultz, Journey Brown-Saintel as Ruby and Gwendolyn Bennett, Karen Chmielnicki, Denese Duran as Rita, Joshua Gold as Matteo, Driver and Gunman, Steven Hylton as Bunky and Langston Hughes, Peter Killy as Lucky Luciano, Jocelyn O'Toole as Ida, Luke Slattery as Manos, Nina Smith as Michele...

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S3 EP2 - Ready

July 19, 2021 • 19 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Stephanie, Rita and Wilhemina join forces to take down Schultz and Luciano. Gabrielle Adkins as Stephanie St. Clair, Ian Bell as Dutch Schultz, Journey Brown-Saintel as Ruby and Gwendolyn Bennett, Karen Chmielnicki, Denese Duran as Rita, Joshua Gold as Matteo, Driver and Gunman, Steven Hylton as Bunky and Langston Hughes, Peter Killy as Lucky Luciano, Jocelyn O'Toole as Ida, Luke Slattery as Manos, Nina Sm...

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S3 EP3 - Revenge (Season Finale)

August 2, 2021 • 15 mins

THANK YOU for listening! Gabrielle Adkins as Stephanie St. Clair, Ian Bell as Dutch Schultz, Journey Brown-Saintel as Ruby and Gwendolyn Bennett, Karen Chmielnicki, Denese Duran as Rita, Joshua Gold as Matteo, Driver and Gunman, Steven Hylton as Bunky and Langston Hughes, Peter Killy as Lucky Luciano, Jocelyn O'Toole as Ida, Luke Slattery as Manos, Nina Smith as Michele Mondesir, Michelle Washington Wilson as Evelyn Carson, Kara Y...

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BONUS - ANOTHER SHOW BY YHANE - 1972 - We Are the Revolutionaries

May 31, 2022 • 5 mins

THANK YOU for listening! In 1972 we hear the powerful voices of Professor and activist Angela Davis and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. We witness the series of events that put Davis on the F.B.I. most wanted list and we join Chisholm on her campaign trail for president of the United States. Starring: Ebonie Ellington as Shirley Chisholm Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis Emilio Smith as Jonathan Jackson Sound Designer - Xperience J. P...

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Check out "Auricle"!

April 27, 2024 • 3 mins

Hi! We are ready to drop new episodes of "Harlem Queen" about our very gangster and philanthropic Madame Stephanie St. Clair during the Harlem Renaissance. In the meantime, check out the promo to a show that I listen to for inspiration titled "Auricle"! Help us make more episodes of "Harlem Queen" by becoming a patron!: https://www.patreon.com/harlemqueen AND/OR subscribe to my newsletter!: https://harlemqueen.substack.com/ Thank y...

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S4 EP1 - We Meet JB (Josephine Baker)

May 5, 2024 • 16 mins

In this episode, Stephanie St. Clair escapes jail in New York City, lands in France and recounts her tale of arrival to "America" to her friend Josephine Baker. Around 1915, Stephanie arrives in “America”, young, pregnant, alone and gets to work building a life for herself and her baby. This episode features: Gabrielle Adkins Marie-Francoise Theodore Okema T. Moore Jocelyn O’Toole Marcus Grant Tom Smith Emilio Smith If you are abl...

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S4 EP2 - We Meet Bunky

May 12, 2024 • 17 mins

CONTENT WARNING: A lynching is discussed. In this episode, Stephanie escapes tragedy and meets Bunky. Stephanie explains to Josephine how she built her numbers empire. This episode was edited by Jordan Kauwling. Sound designed by Xperience J. original music by Jason Moran and produced, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith. This episode featured: Gabrielle Adkins Marie-Francoise Theodore Julie Atwell Emilio Smith Tom Smith...

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S4 EP3 - Harlem Queen Live! Wilhemina Returns.

May 19, 2024 • 24 mins

This is the recording of our live show!! In this episode Stephanie and Wilhemina hatch a plan that will put Dutch Schultz six feet under. Original music by Jason Moran and produced, edited, written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith. This episode featured: Gabrielle Adkins Kara Young Luke Slattery Ian Bell Karen Chmielnicki Ele Matelan our foley artist. If you are able, please donate to my Patreon: Patreon.com/harlemqueen OR if...

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Harlem Queen

Episodes

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S1 EP2 - Know Your Onions.

S1 EP3 - You'd Have to Do More than Spit a Bullet Against My Hip to Get Rid of Me.

S1 EP4 - Opportunity (Season Finale)

Harlem Queen Season Two Trailer

S2 EP1 - Kidnapped!

S2 EP2 - Busted!

S2 EP3 - Bailed!

S2 EP4 - Discovered! (Season Finale)

Introducing: The Courtship of Mona Mae - We Must Be Practical

Harlem Queen Season Three Sneak Listen

S3 EP1 - Rapport

S3 EP2 - Ready

S3 EP3 - Revenge (Season Finale)

BONUS - ANOTHER SHOW BY YHANE - 1972 - We Are the Revolutionaries

Check out "Auricle"!

S4 EP1 - We Meet JB (Josephine Baker)

S4 EP2 - We Meet Bunky

S4 EP3 - Harlem Queen Live! Wilhemina Returns.

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