Marie and Rosetta

written by George Brant
directed by Jarvis Antonio Green

We have cancelled the remaining performances to this show due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.  If you had tickets to this show, please feel free to contact our Box Office at 802-862-1497 to get a voucher to use your ticket for a future performance, or you can kindly treat your ticket as a donation to Vermont Stage to help us get through this challenging time. Thanks for understanding!
Tickets start at $33 for adults and $29.70 for students/AARP members.
Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time and a huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, and Ray Charles. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duos in musical history. This play with music pays homage to Rosetta Tharpe’s extraordinary contributions to Rock and Roll.

Marie and Rosetta is appropriate for ages 12 & up. Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.

Cast
Constance Jewell Lopez* as Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Erica Durham* as Marie Knight

Production Team
Scenic Design & Technical Direction: Chuck Padula
Costume Design: Emily Taradash
Sound Design: Dylan Friedman
Lighting Design: Dan Gallagher
Music Direction: Randal Pierce
Vocal Coach: Stacy Chadwell
Props Master: Sue Wade
Master Electrician: Avery Bacon
Stage Manager: Jules Calnan
Assistant Stage Manager & Sound Engineer: Amanda Tramposch

​​*Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association.

Video Previews

Here's an interview with the cast and a sneak peek of the show.
Here's some footage from our first rehearsal for the show.
Check out this biopic on Sister Rosetta Tharpe and learn more about her trailblazing contributions to music. ​

Performance Space

Main Street Landing Black Box Theatre
60 Lake Street, 3rd Floor, Burlington, VT 05401

The Lobby, Box Office, and Bar opens an hour prior to showtime. The performance space doors will open a half hour prior to showtime. All performances are General Admission seating.

Learn more about nearby parking and restaurants.

Press

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Mighty music-making [...] when it sings, it really swings.

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It is so rare for a play about the inner lives of black women to center on their intimacy and not world politics or degradation that the very fact of George Brant’s loving two-character script is refreshing.

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A spectacular show [...] if much of the world has forgotten Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight - and, certainly, a lot of us have - playwright George Brant makes an intimate yet spectacular case for correcting that wrong.

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​Four stars [...] heavenly [...] you don’t have to be religious to know when you’re in the presence of glory.

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Marie and Rosetta

written by George Brant
directed by Jarvis Antonio Green
We have cancelled the remaining performances to this show due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.  If you had tickets to this show, please feel free to contact our Box Office at 802-862-1497 to get a voucher to use your ticket for a future performance, or you can kindly treat your ticket as a donation to Vermont Stage to help us get through this challenging time. Thanks for understanding!
All performances take place at 
Main Street Landing 
​Performing Arts Center
Black Box Theatre
60 Lake Street, 3rd Floor
Burlington, VT 05401

Learn more about nearby parking and restaurants.
Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time and a huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, and Ray Charles. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duos in musical history. This play with music pays homage to Rosetta Tharpe’s extraordinary contributions to Rock and Roll.

Marie and Rosetta is appropriate for ages 12 & up. Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.

Cast
Constance Jewell Lopez* as Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Erica Durham* as Marie Knight

Production Team
Scenic Design & Technical Direction: Chuck Padula
Costume Design: Emily Taradash
Sound Design: Dylan Friedman
Lighting Design: Dan Gallagher
Music Direction: Randal Pierce
Vocal Coach: Stacy Chadwell
Props Master: Sue Wade
Master Electrician: Avery Bacon
Stage Manager: Jules Calnan
Assistant Stage Manager & Sound Engineer: Amanda Tramposch

​*Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association.

Video Previews

Here's an interview with the cast and a sneak peek of the show.
Here's some footage from our first rehearsal for the show.
Check out this biopic on Sister Rosetta Tharpe and learn more about her trailblazing contributions to music. ​​

Press

"Mighty music-making [...] when it sings, it really swings." —The New York Times
"It is so rare for a play about the inner lives of black women to center on their intimacy and not world politics or degradation that the very fact of George Brant’s loving two-character script is refreshing." —The New Yorker
​"A spectacular show [...] if much of the world has forgotten Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight - and, certainly, a lot of us have - playwright George Brant makes an intimate yet spectacular case for correcting that wrong."  —Newsday
​"Four stars [...] heavenly [...] you don’t have to be religious to know when you’re in the presence of glory."  —Time Out New York

Sponsors