ACTION
A NEW PLAY BY COLIN MCLAUGHLIN
DIRECTED BY KATHRYN BENTLEY
based on interviews with Percy Green II and members of ACTION
Nominated for ‘Outstanding New Play’ of 2023 at the St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards.
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Action is a chronicle and celebration of Percy Green II and his dedicated group of activists (Action Committee to Improve Opportunities for Negroes). In December of 1972, they infiltrated the segregated Veiled Prophet Ball and unveiled the VP King himself. This story is a small part of the long history of ACTION, a direct-action non-violent protest organization that was active in St. Louis for 20 years.
ACTION premiered in November of 2022, honoring the 50th anniversary of “The Unveiling.” The play is based on extensive research, archive materials, and interviews with Percy Green and other members of ACTION, including Jacqueline Bell and Margaret Phillips, as well as other St. Louis community elders and organizers past and present.
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JACQUELINE ‘JB’ BELL | Kayla Bush
FRANCIS SHERIDAN | Ryan Lawson - Maeske
GENA SCOTT | Summer Baer
LENA LEE | Sieglinda Fox
"JUDGE” JOHNSON | Josh Mayfield
JANE SAUER | Lize Lewy
PERCY GREEN | Miles Brenton
January 2023 Extension
PERCY GREEN II | Robert Crenshaw
LENA LEE | Rae Davis
KATHRYN BENTLEY | Director
KRISTEN STROM | Stage Manager
MAKARI ROBINSON-McNEESE | Assistant Stage Manager
JAYSON LAWSHEE | Lighting & Projection Designer
SHEVARE PERRY | Costume Designer
JIMMY BERNATOWICZ | Sound Designer
LILY TOMASIC | Set Designer
ANITA JACKSON & RYAN MARQUEZ | Music / Composition Designer
MYAH GARY | Dramaturg
ZACH LASTER | Set Builder / Carpenter
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