The Emperor Jones

A Co-Production of the NTID Ebony Club and the NTID Performing Arts Department
Directed by Luane Davis
In cooperation with the Interborough Repertory Theater Company

New York City Production Pictures and Photo Diary

June 19 to July 1, 2001

Paul Robeson, Jr. holds the NTID Ebony Club's poster advertising The Emperor Jones after autographing his new biography of his father at a meeting of NYC's Society for the Study of Ethical Culture, June 2001.

Paul Robeson, Jr.'s "best wishes" to the cast and crew of The Emperor Jones leap out from the first page of his new book about his father's life, The Undiscovered Paul Robeson,

The Adventure and the Work

Day 1, Tuesday, June 19: travel to NYC, rehearse

Day 2, Wednesday: the Greenpoint Y, walking, Central Park, rehearsal

Day 3, Thursday: rehearse,

Day 4, Friday, June 21: Harlem tour, opening night

Day 5, Saturday: perform

Day 6, Sunday, June 23: Kraft restaurant, IRT supper, perform

Day 7, Monday: Brooklyn Bridge walk, South Street Seaport

Day 8, Tuesday, June 25: Romeo and Juliet, open mic

Day 9, Wednesday: perform,

Day 10, Thursday, June 27: perform,

Day 11, Friday: perform,

Day 12, Saturday, June 29: the Formless Fears, perform

Day 13, Sunday: Robeson/final performance/strike/coming home

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