A Black Quartet

Theatre

Name:	Tambellini's Gate Theatre
Address:	162 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Production Information

Number of performances:	111
Opening date:	July 30, 1969
Closing date:	November 2, 1969

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Woodie King Associates	Producer
	Chelsea Theatre Center	Produced in Association
	Ed Pitt	Associate Producer

	Ed Bullins	Playwright
	Ben Caldwell	Playwright
	LeRoi Jones	Playwright
	Ronald Milner	Playwright

	Woodie King	Director
	Irving Vincent	Director
	Allie Woods	Director

	John Jacobson	Set Designer
	Gloria Gresham	Costume Designer
	Marshall Williams	Lighting Designer
	Helmuth Lesold	Sound Designer

	Bill Cherry	Press Representative

	David Semonin	Production Stage Manager

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Frank Carey	Mr. Mann (Gentleman Caller)
	Frank Carey	Voice of the White Judge (Great Goodness)
	Minnie Gentry	Grandmother (Warning)
	Minnie Gentry	The Maid (Gentleman Caller)
	Loretta Greene	Joan (Warning)
	Jimmy Hayeson	Nasty Old Man (Warning)
	Jimmy Hayeson	Attorney Breck/ Hood 1& 3 (Great Goodness)
	Luise Heath	Nora (Warning)
	Anna Maria Horsford	Young Woman (Great Goodness)
	L. Errol Jaye	Minister (Prayer)
	L. Errol Jaye	Grandfather (Warning)
	L. Errol Jaye	Court Royal (Great Goodness)
	Joan Pryor	Mother (Warning)
	Jo-Ann Robinson	Paula (Warning)
	Paul Rodger-Reid	Donald (Warning)
	Paul Rodger-Reid	Hood 2 & 4 (Great Goodness)
	Sam Singleton	Young Man (Great Goodness)
	Sylvia Soares	Madame (Gentleman Caller)
	Vikki Summers	Linda (Warning)
	Dennis Tate	Burglar (Prayer)
	Dennis Tate	The Gentleman (Gentleman Caller)
	Dennis Tate	Leader (Great Goodness)

Notes

Program consisted of four one-act plays:PRAYER MEETING OR THE FIRST MILITANT MINISTER by Ben Caldwell and GREAT GOODNESS OF LIFE by LeRoi Jones, both directed by Irving Vincent, THE WARNING-A THEME FOR LINDA by Ronald Milner, directed by Woodie King, and THE GENTLEMAN CALLER by Ed Bullins directed by Allie Woods.