Theater News

Valerie Leonard, Cherene Snow to Star in Merimack Rep’s Black Pearl Sings!

Valerie Leonard and Cherene Snow will star in Merimack Repertory Theatre’s production of Frank Higgins’ Black Pearl Sings!, to run February 11-March 7, with an opening on February 14. Benny Sato Ambush will direct.

In the play, a search for lost African-American folk music leads Susannah (Leonard), an ambitious “song collector” for the Library of Congress, to Pearl (Snow), a woman in a Texas jail with a soulful voice, a steely spirit, and an incredible history.

The creative team will include Deb Newhall (costume design), Robin Vest (set design), Brian Lilienthal (lighting design) and Eugene Wolf (music director).

For more information, visit www.MerrimackRep.org.