Name: She Who Dared
Start: 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Studebaker Theater

Admin

Chicago Opera Theater

Conductor

Michael Ellis Ingram

Stage director

Timothy Douglas

Singer

Lindsey Reynolds

Mary Louise Smith

Classmate

Cierra Byrd

Judge

Jeanetta Reese

Leah Dexter

Susie “mama Sue” Macdonald

Jazmine Olwalia

Fred Gray

Jo Ann Robinson

Jacqueline Echols

Prosecution Attorney

Rosa Parks

Chrystal E Williams

Aurelia Browder

Jasmine Habersham

Claudette Colvin

She Who Dared

Chicago

United States

Studebaker Theater

Public

Keerthi Raj

Approved

WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS?

Everyone has heard of Rosa Parks, but she wasn’t the first to refuse to move. She Who Dared recenters the spotlight on the courageous women who helped desegregate the Montgomery bus system in the 1950s. These Civil Rights pioneers pay homage to the quiet struggle for justice that has often gone unknown – further amplifying the effects of the historic case of Browder V Gayle. While often riotous and sometimes hilarious, these women demonstrate how everyday people have the power to challenge the systems around them and affect tangible change – if only they dare. 

She Who Dared will feature sopranos Jasmine Habersham, Jacqueline Echols, Lindsey Reynolds, and mezzo sopranos Chrystal E. Williams, Jazmine Olwalia, Leah Dexter, and Cierra Byrd.  Conductor Michael Ellis Ingram and director Timothy Douglas make their COT debuts at the helm of the world premiere production.

English

She Who Dared by Barnes, J. A., Tue 03 Jun 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Timothy Douglas,, Conductor Michael Ellis Ingram, Studebaker Theater, Chicago, United States

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