The Emperor Jones
A Co-Production of the NTID Ebony Club and the NTID Performing Arts Department
Directed by Luane Davis

Production Pictures

Rehearsal Pictures (I)

Rehearsal Pictures (II)

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Photos by Peter Haggerty

 

 

The crocodile dancers

The crocodile godess and her spirits

The prison guards threatens to whip the convict, Brutus Jones.

The formelss fears, Old Lem, and the spirits.

The cast and crew of The Emperor Jones

The cast and crew of The Emperor Jones.

The formless fears

Brutus Jones confronts Jeff as he rolls the dice.

Brutus Jones touches a pregnant slave.

The Emperor tries to deal with a spirit.

The Emperor confronts his memory of captivity and transportation
on a slave ship.

Roxann and Makia (spirits and dancers)

The eight "formless fears."

Two formless fears

Lark, The Emperor Jones' drum sound effects specialist, and spirits.

A spirit dancer and voicer (Meeka)

Two of the fantastic mothers of the "formless fears," a formless fear out of costume, and Meeka signing a poster.

The community tries to save the young Brutus Jones.

The spirits and the crocodile godess struggle for the soul of the Emperor Jones.

The community reaches out to the audience in the opening dance.

The Emperor Jones is captured by the crocodile godess.

The crocodile godess tries to overpower Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones witnesses himself and a family being
sold into slavery

The slave ship

Three of the eight formless fears

The crocodile godess and spirits.

 

The community reaches out to the audience.

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