Spotlight On Creative Team
- Book & Lyrics
- Tony Kushner
- Music
- Jeanine Tesori
- Set & Costume Design
- Fly Davis
- Lighting Design
- Jack Knowles
- Sound Design
- Paul Arditti
- Orchestrations
- Rick Bassett, Joseph Joubert, and Buryl Red
- Musical Supervisor
- Nigel Lilley
- Music Director
- Chris Fenwick
- Choreographer
- Ann Yee
- Director
- Michael Longhurst
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What is the Show About?
Caroline Thibodeaux is a Black woman working as a maid for a Jewish family in 1963 Louisiana, as the civil rights movement is transforming America. From Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner and Tony Award® winner Jeanine Tesori comes the show that pulses with the same urgency and passion shaping the world today.
| Where | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| When | November – December 1963 |
Who: Meet the Characters
THE THIBODEAUXS
| CAROLINE THIBODEAUX 39 years old. Works as a maid for the Gellman family. A divorcée with four children who is resistant to change in the world. Bitter, tired, devoted. |
| EMMIE THIBODEAUX 16-17 years old. Caroline’s only daughter. Observant, rebellious, and outspoken. |
| JACKIE THIBODEAUX 10 years old. Caroline’s son. Sweet and naïve. |
| JOE THIBODEAUX Eight years old. Caroline’s son. Outspoken and skeptical. |
THE GELLMANS
| NOAH GELLMAN Eight years old. The son of Stuart Gellman. Shy, forgetful, and often looks to Caroline for comfort. |
| GRANDMA GELLMAN Noah’s grandmother and Stuart’s mother. Concerned about her son’s melancholy and admiring of his new wife. |
| GRANDPA GELLMAN Noah’s grandfather and Stuart’s father. He is unconcerned with the social changes occurring in the South. |
| ROSE STOPNICK GELLMAN Mid-to-late 30s. Recently married to Stuart and moved to the South. Very concerned for Noah’s well-being. |
| STUART GELLMAN Mid-to-late 30s. A clarinetist, recently widowed and remarried to Rose. Still mourning the loss of his first wife and struggling to connect with his son and new wife. |
| MR. STOPNICK 70s. Rose Stopnick Gellman’s father. A politically progressive man who has no qualms about sharing his dissenting opinions. |
CAROLINE'S FRIENDS
| DOTTY MOFFETT Early 30s. Caroline’s high-spirited friend and a fellow maid. Recently started back at college and is embracing the progressive times. |
| THE WASHING MACHINE, THE DRYER, THE RADIO, THE MOON, & THE BUS Embodiments of the objects in Caroline’s life, these figures serve as her confidants, reflect her opinions, and give her someone to talk to in her lonely life working for the Gellmans. |