The Emperor’s Last Performance
Directed by: Ben Guillory
Written by: Melvin Ishmael Johnson
Scenic Design by: Victoria Bellocq
Costume Design: Naila Aladdin Sanders
Lighting Design by: Phil Kong
Sound Design by: Eric Butler
Robert Clements as Nacirema Naiburn
Michael Kass as Jasper Deeter
Johnathan Palmer as Eugene O’Neill
Dwain. A Perry as Charles Gilpin
Kellie Roberts as Anita Bush
Ibrahim Saba as George ‘Jigs’ Cooks
Jah Shams as Paul Robeson
Ted Wynn as Bert Williams
Peter Trencher as Kenneth MacGowan
“The Emperor’s Last Performance is hardly inconsiderable, and not just for its historical significance.”
—David Nichols, LA Times
“The Emperor’s Last Performance traces the life and career of pioneering African-American actor Charles Sidney Gilpin, from his early days in vaudeville, to his rise to fame in Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones.”
— People’s World
