Dessa Rose.
Dessa Rose is a stage musical based on Sherley Anne Williams' novel of the same name.
Cast
- LaChanze - Dessa Rose
- Rachel York - Ruth
- Rebecca Eichenberger - Ruth's Mother/Mrs. Steele/Susannah
- Kecia Lewis - Dorcas/Field Hand/Gemina/Janet
- Eric Jordan Young - Kaine/Field Hand/Philip
- Michael Hayden - Adam Nehemiah
- Norm Lewis - Nathan
- James Stovall - Harker/Field Hand
Plot
Musical numbers
- Act I
- "We Are Descended" (Prologue) - Dessa Rose, Ruth and Company
- "Comin Down the Quarters" - Kaine and Charleston Field Hands
- "Old Banjar" - Kaine and Dessa Rose
- "Something of My Own" - Dessa Rose
- "Ink" - Nehemiah
- "The Gold Band" - Dessa Rose, Nehemiah, Nathan and Ensemble
- "Little Star" - Dessa Rose, Nehemiah, Nathan and Ensemble
- "Ladies" - Ruth's Mother and Dorcas
- "At the Glen" - Ruth
- "Capture the Girl" - Nehemiah
- "Fly Away" - Dessa Rose, Nehemiah, Nathan, Susannah, Parishoners and Linden Field Hands
Terrible .... Ruth, Nehemiah, Nathan, Harker, House Slaves and Field Hands
- "Twelve Children" - Dessa Rose
- Act II
Noah's Dove .... Nathan, Ruth, Harker, Philip, Janet, Anabel and Ada Fly Away (Reprise) .... Janet, Annabell, Harker, Philip, Ada and Nathan The Scheme .... Nathan and Harker In the Bend of My Arm .... Kaine, Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nathan and Nehemiah
- "Better If I Died" - Ruth, Dessa Rose and Company
Ten Petticoats .... Ruth's Mother, Dorcas and Ruth Just Over the Line .... Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nathan, Nehemiah and Company A Pleasure .... Ruth, Mr. Oscar and Dessa Rose White Milk and Red Blood .... Dorcas
- "We Are Descended" (Epilogue) - Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nehemiah and Company