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Dessa Rose Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)
Dessa Rose 2005 Off-Broadway Cast Recording |
DESSA ROSE is based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Sherley Anne Williams. Set in 1847, the show tells the story of a pregnant runaway slave and the woman who shelters her. It's a powerful tale of courage, brutality, redemption and friendship. |
- Dessa Rose
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- Ruth
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- Nathan
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- Adam Nehemiah
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- Kaine/Field Hand/Philip
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- Harker/Joseph
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- Rose/House Slave/Ada/Auntie Chole
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- Ruth's Mother/Mrs.Steele/Susannah
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- Dorcas/Field Hand/Gemina/Janet
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- Sheriff Hughes/Trader Wilson/Bertie Sutton/Parishoner/Auctioneer
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- Robert Steele/Parishoner/Auctioneer/Mr. Oscar/Sheriff Pine
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- Field Hand, Parishoner, House Slave, Annabel, Joy
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- Act 1
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Prologue: "We Are Descended"-- Dessa Rose, Ruth and Company
2. "Comin Down the Quarters"-- Kaine, Charleston Field Hands
3. "Old Banjar"-- Kaine, Dessa Rose
4. "Something of My Own"-- Dessa Rose
5. "Ink"-- Nehemiah
6. "The Gold Band"/"Little Star"-- Charleston Field Hands, Rose, Harker, Mr. and Mrs Steele, Trader Wilson, Nehemiah, Nathan, Dessa Rose
7. "Ladies"-- Ruth's Mother, Dorcas
8. "Bertie's Waltz-- Bertie, Ruth
9. "At the Glen"-- Ruth
10. "Capture the Girl"-- Nehemiah
11. "Fly Away"-- Parishoners, Susannah, Dessa Rose, Nehemiah, Nathan, Linden Field Hands
12. "Terrible"--House Slaves, Field Hands, Nehemiah, Nathan, Harker, Ruth
13. "Twelve Children"-- Dessa Rose
Act 2
1. "Noah's Dove-- Nathan, Ruth, Harker, Philip, Janet, Annabel, Ada
2. "Fly Away"(reprise)-- Janet, Annabel, Harker, Philip, Ada, Nathan
3. "The Scheme"-- Nathan, Harker
4. "In the Bend of My Arm"-- Kaine, Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nathan, Nehemiah
5. "Better if I Died"--Ruth, Dessa Rose, Company
6. "Ten Petticoats"--Ruth's Mother, Dorcas, Ruth
7. "Just Over the Line"--Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nathan, Auctioneers, Janet, Ada, Annabel, Harker, Philip, Nehemiah
8. "A Pleasure"--Ruth, Mr. Oscar, Dessa Rose
9. "White Milk and Red Blood"-- Dorcas
10. Epilogue: "We Are Descended"-- Dessa Rose, Ruth, Nehemiah, Company
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