BREAKING PLATES & THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE
October 28-November 6, 1994
a two-part event at the Watts Towers Arts Center that included a celebration of the Towers' creation and history and Timberlake Wertenbaker's version of the myth of Philomele.
BREAKING PLATES: A CELEBRATION OF WATTS TOWERS, 1994
Written and Directed by Ashby Semple
Produced at the Watts Towers Art Center
Synopsis
Eleven children played Sabado Rodia, the man who spent 30 years building the Watts Towers.
Production Staff
| Ashby Semple |
Director |
| Lynn Jeffries |
Set & Costume Designer |
| Benajah Cobb |
Technical Director & Lighting Designer |
| Nick Gilhool |
Stage Manager |
| C.J. Jones |
Sign Instructor |
| Jan Mabry |
Assistant Costume Designer |
| Marcenus Earl |
Assistant Set Designer |
| Sonja Kuftinec |
Dramaturg & Flutist |
| Irma Ashe |
Assistant Costume Designer |
| Jose Ibarra |
Assistant Technical Director |
| Brandon Butler |
Crew |
| William Butler |
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| Ralph McClendon |
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| Develle Merritt |
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Cast (in order of appearance)
Breaking Plates: a celebration of the Watts Towers
Ebony Morgan
Lera Ashe
D'avet Williams
Marcenus Earl
Joey Colson
Obi Ude
Chisom Ude
Anthony Ward
The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker
| Christopher Toler |
Male Chorus, Soldier, Itys, Dancer |
| C.J. Jones |
Soldier, Male Chorus, Captain, Mimix |
| Bill Nesbit |
Soldier, Male Chorus, Kind Pandion, Servant |
| LaKesha Townsend |
Procne |
| Daniele Gaither |
Philomele |
| Marcenus Earl |
Tereus |
| Irma Ashe |
Queen Mother, Female Chorus, Iris, Reveler |
| Karen Ashe |
Queen, Female Chorus, Hero Reveler |
| Theodora Hardie |
Female Chorus, Echo, Niobe |
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