From Mel Gussow’s review in the NY Times, February 25, 1993:
Robert Johnson met the devil at a crossroad and sold his soul for the sake of his music: that’s what some people believed. How else could one explain the guitarist’s sudden transformation from mediocrity to genius? The Johnson legend grew after his death in 1938, as did his reputation. Following a series of rediscoveries, most prominently by the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, he is now accepted as a seminal figure in the history of blues. The playwright Bill Harris has taken Johnson’s music and what is known of his secretive life and woven them together with a story of his own invention. The result is “Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil,” a high-spirited and often rhapsodic search for the musician’s soul.
| Credit | Artist | Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Playwright | Bill Harris |  |
| Director | Woodie King, Jr. |  |
| Musical Director | Guy Davis |  |
| Stage Manager | Malik |  |
| Set Designer | Richard Harmon |  |
| Lighting Designer | Antoinette Tynes |  |
| Costume Designer | Judy Dearing |  |
| Sound Designer | Polar Levine |  |
| Props | Marlon Campell |  |
| Actor | Guy Davis | |
| Actor | Grenoldo Frazier |  |
| Actor | Herman LeVern Jones |  |
| Actor | James Curt Bergwall |  |
| Actor | Denise Burse-Mickelbury |  |
All 1992-93 Season productions: