Organization

Stage director

Kimille Howard

Singer

Denyce Graves

Mary Cardwell Dawson

Conductor

Marvin Mills

Set designer

James F Rotondo

Costume designer

Jessica Jahn

Lighting designer

A.J. Guban

Chorus master

Steven Gathman

Sound designer

Andrew Harper

Stage combat master

Anika Seitu

Soprano

Amber Monroe

Isabelle

Tenor

Jonathan Pierce Rhodes

Frank

Mezzo-soprano

Taylor Alexis DuPont

Phoebe

Washington National Opera

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The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Public

Approved

Photo credit: Jati Lindsay​​​​​

The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson makes its highly anticipated mainstage premiere to celebrate the remarkable founder of the historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company, established in 1941. Starring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the title role, this play with music by Mark Twain Award-winning playwright Sandra Seaton includes selections from the repertory of the National Negro Opera Company and original music composed by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence and 2023 Grammy nominee Carlos Simon.

The story starts in Washington, D.C. in 1943, where the company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues. But when bad weather threatens—pushing the performance to a segregated performance hall—Mary Cardwell Dawson must find a way forward.

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