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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

VERNEL BAGENERIS (Papa Du), a native of New Orleans, graduated from Xavier University. He wrote, directed and performed in the international hit One Mo' Time. For the past 17 years, he has actively promoted theatre in New Orleans. Following his extensive national and international touring with One Mo' Time, Vernel wrote and directed the highly successful musical fable, Staggerlee, for which a screenplay is now being prepared. During the 1970s in New Orleans, he formed the New Experience Players, a multiracial experimental theatre company, where he directed and/or performed Passacagila, The Laundry, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Endgame, The Lesson and Tiny Alice. He was recently inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of the Southwest Theatre Conference and given a formal letter of appreciation by the governor of Louisiana. In film, he performed in Down by Law and played the Accordian Man in Pennies from Heaven. Vernel would like to thank the staff of the Crossroads Theatre, in particular Artistic Director Rick Khan.

SANDRA RE"A"VES PHILLIPS (Big Bertha), acclaimed Broadway actress/blues and jazz singer, has come a long way to stardom, from a flat-bed truck full of migrant workers to the renowned theatres of the world. Born in Mullins, South Carolina, she labored long hours in the field with her grandmother, sang in church, and then entered local talent contests when she arrived in New York City. Her success in singing paved the way to show biz. As a result of her performing in small clubs around New York City, she landed a contract with Epic Records and appeared Off-Broadway. The big break came with a riveting portrayal of Mama Younger in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Raisin. She appeared in Paris at the Chatelet Theatre in the original production of Black and Blue. Her appearances in numerous stage productions in this country include American Dreams at the Negro Ensemble Company; Champeen, in which she starred as Bessie Smith, winning an Audelco Award for Outstanding Female Performer; the title role in the Citadel Theatre production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; and the original production of Blues in the Night. Other stage roles include national tours of One and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Off-Broadway she has been featured in Blues in the Night, Sparrow in Flight, Basin Street, Stompin' at the Savoy, and co-authored Opening Night. Club appearances include the Cotton Club, the Village Gate, the Bitter End, Dangerfield's Sweetwaters, and in Europe, the Canteen, Casina in Luzerne, and Jaylin's in Switzerland. She was featured in the Montreal Jazz Festival, the International Jazz Festival of Berne, Switzerland, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and numerous other festivals throughout Europe and
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