Shirley Graham Du Bois: Brief Life Story
Posted on: May 4, 2021
Reverend Cobb has a large, boisterous family and the dwindling bank account to match.
So when the family learns that his long-lost sister is quite possibly the heir to a celebrity fortune, excitement and intrigue brew. But once the enigmatic Aunt Mattie blasts into town, the Cobb family and parsonage discover that things aren’t quite what they seem!
I Gotta Home had a 1940 production by the Gilpin Players at Western Reserve University. In an article on the play, The Cleveland Plain Dealer referred to Shirley Graham Du Bois as “One of Yale’s most promising playwrighting students.”
Permission for the reading as a part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Refocus Project 2021 virtual reading series has been granted by Odell Murry on behalf of the Shirley Graham Du Bois estate.
I Gotta Home Cast
- Ben-Hur
- Kaden Amari Anderson
- Toussant
- Roman Banks
- Sister Saboy/Mrs. Swan
- Kierra Bunch
- Jasper Jones
- Bjorn DuPaty
- Rev. Elijah J. Cobb
- Wendell B. Franklin
- E.J.
- Toney Goins
- Miss Hall/Sister White/Radio Announcer/Stage Directions
- Amara Granderson
- Peewee
- Kadeem Ali Harris
- Lilacs
- Emery Jones
- Mrs. Cobb
- Patrese D. McClain
- Brother Perkins
- Jacob Ming-Trent
- Mirah
- Adrianna Mitchell
- Leo/Stage Directions
- Michael Rishawn
- Butch Johnson/Policeman
- Eric B. Robinson Jr.
- Mattie Cobb
- Latrice Royale
- Dr. Caleb Green
- Keith Randolph Smith
- Brother Pugh
- Ray Anthony Thomas
I Gotta Home Creative
- Playwright
- Shirley Graham Du Bois
- Director
- Steve H. Broadnax III
- Associate Director
- Lamar Perry
- Stage Manager
- Jereme Kyle Lewis
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Tia Harewood-Millington
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
Permission for the reading as a part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Refocus Project 2021 virtual reading series has been granted by Odell Murry on behalf of the Shirley Graham Du Bois estate.
Special Thanks: Abby Melick
For information on producing I GOTTA HOME, please contact refocus@roundabouttheatre.org.
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions:
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS
AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS
SAG-AFTRA
through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program.
Leadership support for The Refocus Project is generously provided by the Ford Foundation.
Additional funding provided by
