Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Portland Stage Company

Blues diva Ma Rainey and her band have come to a Chicago studio to cut a record, but their artistic differences nearly stop the session before it starts.

Full of unforgettable characters and the raw power of the blues, this 1920s installment of Wilson's groundbreaking cycle of plays confronts the issues of race, fame, and generational divides through the rhythms of the African-American South.

Producer: Portland Stage Company

Director: Jade King Carroll

Costumes: Loren Shaw

Sets: Anita Stewart

Lights: Gregg Carville

Sound: Karin Graybash

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