Sweet Mama Stringbean shows an aging and severely overweight, legendary stage and film star Ethel Waters faced with a waning career and the prospect of an impoverished old age, when, a dream of a childhood spiritual awakening opens her to a new future with the Billy Graham Crusade.
SWEET MAMA STRINGBEAN shows two Ethel’s: a wild and adventurous skinny woman able to introduce songs like Sweet Georgia Brown, Dinah, Am I Blue, and Stormy Weather; and the older 275-pound spiritual Broadway dramatic actress who starred in Mamba’s Daughter and Member of the Wedding, as well as defining her life through the song, His Eye Is On The Sparrow.
| Credit | Artist | Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Playwright | Beth Turner |  |
| Director | Elizabeth Van Dyke |  |
| Stage Manager | Bayo |  |
| Set Designer | Ademola Olugebefola |  |
| Lighting Designer | Shirley Prendergast |  |
| Costume Designer | Carolyn Adams |  |
| Sound Designer | Sean O’Halloran |  |
| Props | Rosita Timm |  |
| Technical Director | Theo Macabeo |  |
| Actor | Sandra Reaves-Phillips |  |
| Actor | CJay Hardy Philip |  |
| Actor | Marishka Shanice Phillips |  |
| Actor | Darryl J. Williams |  |
| Actor | Gary Vincent |  |
All 2007-08 Season productions: