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| Creative Team | |
|---|---|
| Scenic Designer | Christopher Acebo |
| Costume Designer | Deborah M. Dryden |
| Lighting Designer | David Weiner |
| Projection & Video Designer | Shawn Sagady |
| Composer & Sound Designer | Paul James Prendergast |
| Dramaturg | Tom Bryant |
| Associate Costume Designer | Sarah Smith |
| Fight Director | U. Jonathan Toppo |
| Associate Director | Nicole A. Watson |
| Voice & Text Director | Rebecca Clark Carey |
| The Cast | |
| Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | Kenajuan Bentley |
| Stokely Carmichael/John Lewis/Ensemble | Wayne Carr |
| Sen. Robert F. Kennedy/Charles Robb/Ensemble | Danforth Comins |
| J. Edgar Hoover/Ensemble | Richard Elmore |
| Vice President Hubert Humphrey/Ensemble | Peter Frechette |
| Gov. George Wallace/Sherriff Jim Clark/Richard M. Nixon/ John McCone/Norman Morrison/Ensemble | Jonathan Haugen |
| Sen. Everett Dirksen/“Deke” DeLoach/Colonel Al Lingo/Clark Clifford/Ensemble | Michael J. Hume |
| James Bevel/Jimmie Lee Jackson/Ensemble | Reginald André Jackson |
| Bob Moses/Rev. Dobynes/Hosea Williams/Marquette Frye/Ensemble | Kevin Kenerly |
| Sally Childress/Coretta Scott King/Ensemble | Bakesta King |
| Lady Bird Johnson/Ensemble | Terri McMahon |
| Robert McNamara/Rep. Wilbur Mills/Ensemble | Mark Murphey |
| Adam Walinsky/General William Westmoreland/Seymore Trammel/Stanley Levison/Gardner Ackley/Ensemble | Michael Patten |
| Sherriff’s Auxiliary/Muriel Humphrey/Lynda Bird Johnson/Pat Nixon/Ensemble | Caroline Shaffer |
| President Lyndon Baines Johnson | Jack Willis |
| Rev. Ralph Abernathy/Rep. Adam Clayton Powell/Ensemble | Tyrone Wilson |
| Dr. James Z. Appel/Richard J. Daley/General Earle Wheeler/Ensemble | Michael Winters |
| Understudies | |
| Robert McNamara/Rep. Wilbur Mills/Ensemble | Peter Lohnes |
| President Lyndon Baines Johnson | Mark Murphey |
| Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | Reginald André Jackson |
