Director
Flint Youth Theatre (now Flint Repertory Theatre) - 2016
Scenic Design by Czerton Lim
Costume Design by Cat Boss
Lighting Design by Andrew D. Smith
Music Direction by Dan Gerics
Photographs by Czerton Lim
“…an immersive experience. From the displays in the lobby to Director Janet Haley’s maps in her director’s notes to the musical show before the play begins, everything is designed to take you back to the 1850s South…The staging works out perfectly for this with the thrust stage built with docks on either side. From the time the audience enters the theater there are actors in period costume surrounding the stage, listening to the music, clapping along and sometimes singing the choruses. The band features keyboard/guitar, bass, banjo, percussion and vocalist/fiddle….The storytelling style throughout the production moves seamlessly between narration, group chants, music, and traditional acting. In each style, Haley controls the intensity and communicates story, setting and time with an expert hand.”
– Encore Michigan