The Member of the Wedding
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Gangly, outspoken twelve-year-old Frankie Addams yearns to belong to the "we of me," and in a Southern kitchen, pours her heart out to the family cook, Berenice. One of the most beautiful plays ever written about loneliness and love.
An LA Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring June Angela as Janice and Helen; John Cothran, Jr., as T. T. Williams; Ruby Dee as Bernice Sadie Brown; Daniel Henson as John Henry West; Victor Mack as Honey Camden Brown; Jena Malone as Frankie Addams; Lawrence Pressman as Mr. Addams; Jacquelyn Riggs as Mrs. West and Doris; and Tegan West as Jarvis and Barney MacKean. Directed by Judyann Elder. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
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