The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

From the San Francisco Opera: "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin

Overview

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

Top Cast

Eric Owens

Porgy

Laquita Mitchell

Bess

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Lester Lynch

Crown

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Chauncey Packer

Sportin' Life

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Karen Slack

Serena

Angel Blue

Clara

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Alteouise DeVaughn

Maria

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Eric Greene

Jake

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Michael Bragg

Mingo

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Malesha Jessie

Annie