New Cheryl L. West Musical SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! & More Announced for Ford’s Theatre 2022-2023 Season
Ford’s Theatre today announced the Ford’s Theatre 2022-2023 season will include Horton Foote‘s The Trip to Bountiful, directed by Michael Wilson and featuring Nancy Robinette, Tom Story and Kimberly Gilbert; the return of the music-filled full stage production of A Christmas Carol with Craig Wallace reprising the role of Ebenezer Scrooge; and the new Cheryl L. West musical SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! about rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In January and February 2023, the company will present a free public festival offering a first look at the new plays in development by Pearl Cleage, Dominic Taylor and Rickerby Hinds-members of the first cohort of BIPOC playwrights in The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions initiative.