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The second installment in our 10-play series of dramatic readings tells the story of Pittsburgh boardinghouse owners Seth and Bertha Holly and the makeshift family of migrants who pass through during the Great Migration of the 1910s. Recorded live in The Greene Space at WNYC in 2013, the play was directed by Phylicia Rashad and features Taraji P. Henson in her Wilson debut.
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CAST LIST
SETH HOLLY..................Keith David
BERTHA HOLLY..............S. Epatha Merkerson
BYNUM.........................Roger Robinson
RUTHERFURD SELIG.......Raynor Scheine
JEREMY FURLOW...........Jason Dirden
HERALD LOOMIS...........John Douglas Thompson
MATTIE CAMPBELL.........January LaVoy
REUBEN MERCER...........Nile Bullock
MOLLY CUNNINGHAM.....Taraji P. Henson
MARTHA PENTECOST......Rosalyn Coleman
ZONIA LOOMIS.............Alexis Holt
Watch a video excerpt:
See behind-the-scenes photos here
