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Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

January 14 - February 12, 2022

Bagley Wright Theater

Part theater, part revival, and all power – this one-woman show with music will have your head nodding and hands clapping from start to finish.

Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer tells the impassioned story of American civil rights activist and hero, Fannie Lou Hamer. From her humble origins as the daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper, to co-founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and demanding recognition at the National Democratic Convention, hers is a story of justice that will not be denied.

Fannie is the first must see show of the season and demands your attention

Jay Irwin, BroadwayWorld

DIGITAL PROGRAM

Check out our Encore+ digital program for Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer and our online Play Guide.

 

Digital program play guide

Pay What You Choose

Seattle Rep is committed to broadening our reach and deepening our impact throughout our community. As part of this commitment, Seattle Rep will be offering a limited number of Pay What You Choose tickets for each of our 2021/22 productions, beginning with Fannie.

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Tune In

Fannie Events

Watch and listen to recorded events surrounding Fannie, including a Battle Fatigue podcast episode, post-show talk-back with Civil Rights Leader Bob Zellner and Common Power, and Truth to Power: Moments that Shifted the Civil Rights Movement lecture.

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Seattle Public Library

Fannie Reading & Media List

Get to know the incredible Fannie Lou Hamer, read more of playwright Cheryl L. West's work, dive into themes explored in the play, and much more with this curated book and media list.

Creative

Cheryl L. West

Playwright

Henry Godinez

Director

Felton Offard

Music Director/Arranger

Collette Pollard

Scenic Designer

Michael Alan Stein

Costume Designer

Jason Lynch

Lighting Designer

Victoria Deiorio

Sound Designer

Rasean Davonté Johnson

Projection Designer

Mr. Bernard

Wig Designer

Ruth Eitemiller

Stage Manager

Christine Sumption

Dramaturg

Cast & Production

Cast

E. Faye Butler

Fannie

Shaunyce Omar

Fannie Understudy

Production

Quy Ton

Assistant Stage Manager

Anna Vraney

Production Assistant

Parker Langvardt

Associate Projections

Musicians

Morgan E.

Musician/Associate Music Director

Chic Street Man

Musician

Timothy Davis

Musician

Acknowledgements

Charles McLaurin, Ms. Hamer's Campaign Manager and Friend

Victor McTeer, Civil Rights Attorney

Wisconsin Historical Society

Family of Fannie Lou Hamer

Joe Harris Jr.

Photo of Fannie Lou Hamer. Courtesy of Ken Thompson/General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.