Carolina 1906

In Ridgetop, South Carolina, 1906, Mirandy is determined to catch Brother Wind. It's the best bet to win the cake walk, but he eludes all the tricks that her friends advise. This adaptation of Patricia McKissack's award-winning book (Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators) is a cultural celebration that is full of lively song and dance. Mirandy and Brother Wind is the final production in RLT's series, 'Connecting Theatre to 20th Century African American Experiences.' This is an area premiere.

In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth traveled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand. It was a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman. This riveting play chronicles the murder, trial and unbelievable confession of the men accused of Till's lynching.