1900: Gem of the Ocean | Directed by Kenny Leon
Phylicia Rashad as Aunt Ester in "Gem of the Ocean," recorded live in The Greene Space in 2013
Gem of the Ocean is set in 1904 in the Pittsburgh home of Aunt Ester, a 285-year-old former slave and renowned cleanser of souls. A young man from Alabama visits her for help in absolving the guilt and shame he carries from a crime he’s committed, and she takes him on a journey of self-discovery.
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CAST LIST
ELI…………………………Eugene Lee
CITIZEN BARLOW………..Chadwick Boseman
AUNT ESTER……………..Phylicia Rashad
BLACK MARY…………….Joniece Abbott-Pratt
RUTHERFORD SELIG……Raynor Scheine
SOLLY TWO KINGS……..Anthony Chisholm
CAESAR………………….Keith Randolph Smith
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