By Pearl Cleage
Direction:
David J. Miller
Cast: Naeemah White-Peppers
Scenic Design: David J. Miller, Reinhold Mahler
Lighting Design: Darren Evans
Sound Design: E.L. Copeland
Costume Design: Amelia McKinney
Stage Manger: Ilana Apelker Projections: Maria Gambale
Publicity Photography:
Joel W. Benjamin
Presented February 21 through March 15, 2003 at the Boston Center for the Arts 539 Tremont St in Boston’s South End.
IRNE Small Company Category Nominations:
Best Lighting:
Jeff Adelberg, ENRON
Best Sound Design:
Walter Eduardo, ENRON
Best Ensemble:
Private Fears in Public Places
Best Supporting Actor (Drama): Robert Bonotto, Private Fears..
Best Actor (Drama):
Victor Shopov, ENRON
Best Director (Drama):
David Miller, Private Fears in Public Places
After endless failed attempts at rehabilitation, Rosa's desperate parents make a last-ditch effort to save their daughter's life. Rosa spends seven days telling the difficult, yet humorous story of how a 16-year-old kid from Alabama ended up strung out on crack and chained to the radiator in her parents' Harlem apartment. As she gets clean, the question remains: Can she learn to resist the dangers of the streets, when those dangers are really just her friends trying to have a good time?
This one-woman show is based on a true story. Rosa will be played by Naeemah A. White-Peppers, who received unanimous critical acclaim as Shelita Burns in Zeitgeist Stage Company's recent production of Bee-Luther-Hatchee.