NOTES FROM THE FIELD

by Anna Deavere Smith | directed by Mikael Burke, SDC

[Photo by Brett Beiner Photography]

CREATIVE TEAM

scenic designer Eleanor Kahn, USA

costume designer Christine Pascual, USA

lighting designer Eric Watkins, USA

projections designer Rasean Davonté Johnson, USA

properties designer Ellie Terrell

sound designer Christie Chiles Twillie

dialect and voice coach Sammie Grant

dramaturg DeRon S. Williams

stage manager Katie Klemme
Adhana Reid (from left), Shariba Rivers, and Mildred Marie Langford collectively become Sherrilyn Ifill from the NAACP in NOTES FROM THE FIELD.

Adhana Reid (from left), Shariba Rivers, and Mildred Marie Langford collectively become Sherrilyn Ifill from the NAACP in NOTES FROM THE FIELD.

Shariba Rivers, as pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant, urges his congregation to break the stigmas around them and fight back.

Shariba Rivers, as pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant, urges his congregation to break the stigmas around them and fight back.

Adhana Reid, as student Niya Kenny, shares her personal experience with police interference in the classroom.

Adhana Reid, as student Niya Kenny, shares her personal experience with police interference in the classroom.

Mildred Marie Langford, as educator Stephanie Williams, tells an emotional story of her experience in an elementary classroom.

Mildred Marie Langford, as educator Stephanie Williams, tells an emotional story of her experience in an elementary classroom.

Shariba Rivers, as educator Sari Muhonen, explains how student discipline and assistance in Finland differs from the United States.

Shariba Rivers, as educator Sari Muhonen, explains how student discipline and assistance in Finland differs from the United States.

Adhana Reid, as Chief Judge Abby Abinanti, shares why it's better to pull our children closer when they stray rather than push them away.

Adhana Reid, as Chief Judge Abby Abinanti, shares why it's better to pull our children closer when they stray rather than push them away.

Mildred Marie Langford, as inmate Denise Dodson, expresses what prison has taught her and how a better education could have given her a different path.

Mildred Marie Langford, as inmate Denise Dodson, expresses what prison has taught her and how a better education could have given her a different path.

Shariba Rivers, as fisherman and former inmate Taos Procter, shares his story of ending up in prison.

Shariba Rivers, as fisherman and former inmate Taos Procter, shares his story of ending up in prison.

Adhana Reid, as artist and activist Bree Newsome, shares her story of taking down a Confederate flag in South Carolina.

Adhana Reid, as artist and activist Bree Newsome, shares her story of taking down a Confederate flag in South Carolina.

Mildred Marie Langford, as activist Bryan Stevenson, shares how speaking out can help make the change we need.

Mildred Marie Langford, as activist Bryan Stevenson, shares how speaking out can help make the change we need.