The Execution of Helen Ray Fowler: An Original Play Based on Actual Events
The Execution of Helen Ray Fowler
Based on Actual Events
In a notorious red-light district of Niagara Falls, Hellen Ray Fowler, a thrice-married woman with five children, ran a boarding house while her husband was drafted into war (WWII) in 1943. Her fragile family dynamic is disastrously disrupted when she takes up with the new hothead boarder, George Knight. A fit of jealousy and a series of bad decisions results in a man’s death. Tried, convicted, and sent “up the river’ to Sing Sing Prison’s condemned cells, they meet their end in “Old Sparky” and Helen makes history as the only black woman legally executed in the state of New York.
Please be advised, this show is meant for mature audiences only. Highly suggested for audiences 18+.
Showtimes
Friday, February 16 7PM
Saturday, February 17 7PM
Sunday, February 18 3PM
Friday, February 23 7PM
Saturday, February 24 7PM
Sunday, February 25 3PM
$30 General Admission/$25 Senior/Student
Playwright: Misha T. Sinclair
Content Creator & Producer: Joyce Sharrock-Cole
Director: Mel Hancock
CAST
HELEN FOWLER: Donna JamesGEORGE KNIGHT: Steve AllenWILLIAM FOWLER: Brian BagotLEE CLARK: Rick LeviCARLA JANUARY PHILIPS: Chasity PerezWALKER EARL THOMSON: Keith BullockBIRDIE JOHNSON: Jessica BondsRUTH PERSONS: Caturah BrownGENEVIEVE PERSONS: Wanda TysonPROSECUTOR: Richard TroianoDEFENSE ATTORNEY: Nick ByrneDETECTIVE FITZSIMMONS: Jeff RamseySOLDIER PAUL W. BLACKWELL: Ari MackDEATH HOUSE MATRON: Katrina Holmes
