The best way to pave the path for who we will become, is to understand where we come from.

In this episode of our "Freedwom Walk" series, get swept into African American history and culture as Lower Depth Theatre founding members read speeches & poems from prominent historical figures including Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and more.

Featuring:

Gregg T. Daniel

Veralyn Jones

Yvonne Huff Lee

Jason Delane

Lower Depth Theatre proudly presents our audio play, "The Boll Weevil & Chester Higgensworth", a one-act comedy (if it were funny) written by Peppur Chambers-Soraci. The Boll Weevil is a serialized audio play. Catch more of Chester and the gang's adventures in the next episode. Coming soon.

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SYNOPSIS

Chester, a modern-day vigilante property bounty-hunter has found a way to take back what was stolen, one plot at a time. Finding his first clients, he reaches out to "Pooky" and his family to reclaim what a certain boll weevil has taken. And now, it's on.

CAST

• Emmy Silver – Yvonne Huff Lee
• Patricia Livingston – Veralyn Jones
• Chester Higgensworth – Gregg T. Daniel
• Pooky Silver – Jason Delane
• Stage Directions & Prison Guards – Tamarra Graham

CREATIVE & STAFF

• Playwright – Peppur Chambers
• Director – Marya Mazor
• Sound Design – David B. Marling
• Editing – Podcast Haven
• Produced by – Lower Depth Theatre, Artistic Director Gregg T. Daniel, and Managing Director, Courtney Oliphant.
• Project Coordinator – AJ Dinsmore
• Program Assistant – Giovanny Camarena
• Artistic Associates – Jason Delane Lee, Yvonne Huff Lee, and Veralyn Jones

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

PEPPUR CHAMBERS is an international writer/producer/educator. A member of Circle X Emerging Playwrights Group, Moving Arts MADLab, and Antaeus Playwrights Lab, she uses her voice to scream, shout or sing about women's issues, social justice and love. Next up, is End of the Line, a radio play about human trafficking to be featured in Antaeus Theatre Company's The Zip Code Plays Season Two. Her plays For the Love of You, House Rules, The Build UP, Dick & Jayne Get A Life and one-woman show, Harlem's Awakening: Storytelling Live have been produced in Los Angeles and Prague. A published novella author, she's also recently directed a short film she co-wrote, Do Something, shot during the pandemic, social distanced and entirely on iPhones. Learn more at penandpeppur.com where she tells stories of heroes, including her own.⠀⠀⠀