The Emperor Jones
Iron Age Theatre – Norristown, Pennsylvania
March 4-27, 2011
Director: John Doyle
Set Design: Randall Wise
Lightening Design: Ben Levan
Mask Design: Luke Moyer
Percussion:
John Scaduto, John Grosso
Brutus Jones
- Kash Goins Smithers - Luke Moyer Old Woman, Witch Doctor - Tiffany Joyner Lem, Jeffrey - Richard Bradford Ensemble - Maurice Tucker, Josh Cameron
Goins writhes about the stage, dripping with sweat as Jones plummets
more deeply into his internal hell. His powerless terror is made all
the more intense by John Scaduto’s driving African beats. Jones’
visions are intensified by director John Doyle’s haunting chorus
ensemble as they lurk and crawl across the stage with ghostly
presence – continually reminding Jones of the black world he belongs
to. The costumes and bamboo set by Randall Wise perfectly reflect
the interior madness and jungle fever.
