Overview
After committing an unforgivable crime, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long-lost lover, Berta. Their reunion swells from a quarrelsome conjuring of the past to an impassioned plot to escape their impending fate.
Casting & Production
Casting
LEROY, African American, a smoldering wanderer
BERTA, African American, a young widow
Setting:
Berta’s home in Meridian, Mississippi
May 1st, 1923. From 2 AM to sunrise
Production Notes
BERTA, BERTA received its world premiere at CATF in 2018, Ed Herendeen, Founder & Producing Director; Peggy McKowen, Associate Producing Director and sponsored by Lawrence Dean & Mina Goodrich, and received a virtual production by Everyman Theatre in May 2021. Vincent M. Lancisi, Founding Artistic Director; Marissa LaRose, Managing Director.
