WALLACE THURMAN’S
FIRE!!
Written and adapted by Marilyn Campbell-Lowe and Paul Oakley Stovall
In 1927, FIRE!!, a quarterly “Devoted To Younger Negro Artists” was published in Harlem and changed the future of American literature. Including illustrations, poems, essays, short stories and plays, FIRE!! was the first all-Black magazine, by a young group of writers and artists including Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Gwendolyn Bennett, Lewis Grandison Alexander, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. This theatrical happening will weave together the lives of legendary giants as they speak their incendiary stories, make explosive music, dance, debate, collaborate and celebrate their work from FIRE!!
OCT 8 - NOV 2, 2025
CAST
Charlie Barney
Richard Bruce/ Ensemble
Tyler Bey
Arthur Faucet/ Ensemble
Kaisheem Fowler-Bryant
Thurman Wallace/ Ensemble
Jordan Hunter-Fidalgo
Female Dancer/ Ensemble
Taylor J Mitchell
Gwendolyn Bennett/ Dancer
Nichalas Parker
Langston Hughes/ Ensemble
Xavier Pierce
Male Dancer/ Ensemble
Caroline Strange
Helene Johnson/ Ensemble
Alicia Thomas
Zora Neale Hurston/ Ensemble
Ivana R Thomspon
Ensemble/ us Zora
Imani Williams
Emma/ Ensemble
CREATIVE
Director
Raelle Myrick-Hodges
Based on the magazine FIRE!!
Adapted for the Stage by
Marilyn Campbell-Lowe & Paul Oakley Stovall
Assistant Stage Manager
Cat Brennan
Lighting Designer
Isabelle Gill-Gomez
Set Designer
Thom Weaver
Costume Designer
LeVonne Lindsay
Sound Designer
Nat Merrill
Choreographer
Polanco Jones Jr.
Intimacy Director
Bess Rowen
Dramaturg
Megan Shumacher
Composer
Adam Faulk
Production Manager
Santino Lo
