The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Name: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Cast: Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Lester Lynch, Chauncey Packer, Karen Slack

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In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Francesca ZambelloWriter: DuBose HeywardProducer: David Gockley

Eric Owens

as Porgy

Laquita Mitchell

as Bess

Lester Lynch

as Crown

Chauncey Packer

as Sportin' Life

Karen Slack

as Serena

Angel Blue

as Clara

Alteouise DeVaughn

as Maria

Eric Greene

as Jake

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