Author notes from the novel: what is historical and what is imagined “The Thrilling Tale of How Robert Smalls Seized a Confederate Ship and Sailed it to Freedom” (Smithsonian Magazine) “Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?” (PBS) “The Steamer Planter…
Trouble The Water – Photos
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Trouble The Water – Features & Interviews
Click here to watch the segment on Spectrum News Click here to read the interview with director/actor Gerald C. Rivers and novelist Rebecca Dwight Bruff in the Topanga New Times (flip to page 12) Click here to watch the interview…
Trouble The Water – Reviews
Stage Raw “STAGE RAW TOP 10… RECOMMENDED… EPIC… Rivers’s staging shines in capturing this chaos of the era and the momentous emergence of Smalls as an American hero… Ellen Geer’s reworking of Rebecca Dwight Bruff’s 2019 award-winning historical novel is…
Trouble The Water – Press Release
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Lucy Pollak lucy@lucypr.com 818.887.1499 (for media only) World premiere of ‘Trouble the Water’ recounts extraordinary, little-known story of African American hero Robert Smalls TOPANGA, Calif (REVISED July 25, 2022) ––…
Trouble The Water
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West Side Waltz – Photos
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West Side Waltz – Features & Interviews
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West Side Waltz – Reviews
Hollywood Progressive “A DELIGHT… zooms in on the inner lives of its three female characters, brought fully alive by a trio of gifted actresses who also bring their real life relationships to bear on their roles… Thompson’s ‘deconstructed’ version ennobles…
West Side Waltz – Press Release
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Lucy Pollak lucy@lucypr.com 818.887.1499 (for media only) Oscar-winning writer Ernest Thompson revisits, revises ‘The West Side Waltz’ for Geer family revival at Theatricum TOPANGA, Calif (May 24, 2022) –– Forty-one years after…