Fat Tuesday
and all that jazz!
The Mardi Gras Ballet
1977 performances
Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble
of Philadelphia
1997 performances and 1998 performances
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
Materials contributed by Wesley O. Brustad, 2008-2009
Milton and Ruby Batiste photographs
Fat Tuesday world premiere February 10-19, 1977
War Memorial Hall, Nashville, Tennessee
See tour schedule in chronology of 1977
The Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation presents
Preservation Hall ~ Arthur Hall
In the new Mardi Gras Dance Musical
Fat Tuesday and all that jazz!
Wesley O. Brustad, producer
Carol Newton, assistant producer
Arthur Hall, staging and choreography
Allan Jaffe, music director
Musicians of Preservation Hall
Milton Batiste, lead trumpet, Mardi Gras Indian
Kid Sheik Colar, trumpet
Harold Dejan, saxophone
Edmond Foucher, trumpet
Nowell Glass, bass drum
David Grillier, clarinet
Allan Jaffe, bass horn
Benjamin Jaffe, beggar
Andrew Jefferson, snare drum
Gerald Joseph, trombone
Anthony Lacen, bass horn, Mardi Gras Indian
Frank Naundorf, trombone
Emanuel Paul, tenor saxophone
William Russell, violin
William Russell with Elizabeth Roberts
and Nsia, the Indian Princess
Cast
St. Elmo McKelvey, King Zulu
Arthur Hall, Grand Marshal
Anita Henry, Queen Zulu
Elizabeth Roberts, Madame of the Baby Dolls
Carol Schley, Baby Doll
Delphine Mantz, Baby Doll
Ruth Mills, Baby Doll
Sharon Ingram, Baby Doll
Betty Aldridge, Mamie Desdoumes (Hustling Woman)
Shirley Myles, Mimi Pechet (Lover)
Thomas Myles, Kid Bunky (Lover)
Norman Mills, Benny Black (Gambler)
Evangeline Brown, Marie Laveaux (Voodoo Queen)
C. Edward White, King of Street Vendors
Ronald Payton, Father St. John
James Crawford, Spirit of Mardi Gras
Lamont Brunson, Spy Boy
Oswald Wallace, Chorus
Luther Aldridge, Chorus
Ronald Chapman, Chorus
James Marshal, Chorus
Farel Johnson, Shoe Shine Boy
Steve Jackson, Shoe Shine Boy
Clarence Schley, Shoe Shine Boy
Cindy Struthers, Queen of the Mardi Gras Indians
Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble
Carol Schley, choreography for Baby Dolls
Farel Johnson, dance company master drummer
Alan Trumpler, scenic design and construction
Elizabeth Roberts, costume design and construction
C. Edward White, dance wardrobe master
Lillian Avery, wardrobe mistress
David K. H. Elliott, stage manager
R. Michael Holden, company manager
Oswald Wallace, dance company manager
Roscoe Smith, property manager
George Calvert, carpenter
Cornell Cooper, electrician
Thomas Priest Teasley, publicity
Muntu Dance Theatre
of Chicago presents
The Mesmerizing Mardi Gras Ballet
Fat Tuesday
and all that jazz
25th Anniversary Annual Concert Series
December 11-14, 1997
Exclusive Sponsorship by the Sara Lee Foundation
Choreography by Arthur Hall
Reconstructed by Amaniyea Payne and Arthur Hall
Musical Direction by Milton Batiste
Special Guest Artists
The Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans
Byron Bernard, Leroy Breaux, Nowell Glass
Jeffrey Hill, Edgar Smith, Ernest Watson
Guest Artists
Albert Adams, Alfred Baker, Kimosha Murphy
Marlene (Sadie) Lee, Mark Vaune, Andrea Vinson
Muntu Dance Theatre
Performing Company
Babu Atiba, Aissatou Bey, Vaune Blalock, Malik Camara
Idy Ciss, Paul Cotton, Harry Detry, Deirdre Dawkins, Oliver Gordon
Aly MBaye, Uche Omoniyi, Amaniyea Payne, Margaret Rainey
Clifton Robinson, Regina Taitts
Apprentices
Awri McKee, Regina Perry, Shakeena President
Youth Performers
Sacha Blalock, Rebecca Rainey, Souleyman Rainey
Cast
Souleyman Rainey, Beggar
Milton Batiste, Mardi Gras Indian Chief
Edgar Smith, Mardi Gras Indian
Sacha Blalock, Indian Girl
Rebecca Rainey, Indian Girl
Billy Branch, harmonica
Horace Brown, King Zulu
Arthur Hall, Elder Grand Marshal
Albert Adams, Grand Marshal
Shakeena President, Queen Zulu
Andrea Vinson, Baby Doll
Regina Taitts, Baby Doll
Vaune Blalock, Mamie Desdoumes (Hustling Woman)
Deirdre Dawkins, Mimi Pechet (Lover)
Harry Detry, Kid Bunky (Lover)
Mark Vaune, Benny Black (Gambler)
Amaniyea Payne, Marie Laveaux (Voodoo Queen)
Alfred Baker, Father St. John
Aissatou Bey, Spirit of Mardi Gras
Ensemble
Regina Perry, Kimosha Murphy, Margaret Rainey, Marlene (Sadie) Lee
Malik Camara, Awri McKee, Oliver Gordon, Uche Omoniyi, Idy Ciss
Hambone Guys
Babu Atiba, Clifton Robinson, Aly MBaye, Paul Cotton
Artistic Staff
Amaniyea Payne, artistic director
Babu Atiba, assistant artistic director
Vaune Blalock, assistant to the artistic director
Clifton Robinson, musical director
Administrative and Production Staff
Joan Gray, president
Ayoka Noelle Samuels, Carolyn Denne, Reginah Walton-Ciss
Mignon McPherson, Larry Nance, Sheldon Lane, Paris Smith, Carl Young
Eydie Jones, Torrance Smith, Sherrice Eglin
1998 Spring Festival of Dance
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago presents
Fat Tuesday
and all that Jazz
April 9 & 10, 1998
Auditorium Theatre
50 E. Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois
Young People Concert Series
April 7, 1998
Artistic Director Amaniyea Payne
Choreography Arthur Hall
Featuring
Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
of New Orleans
Additional credits
Amaniyea Payne as Marie Laveaux, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans (1997)