Dessa Rose The Musical (2005)

Ahrens & Flaherty

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

 

Ruth

 

Nathan

 

Adam Nehemiah

 

Kaine/Field Hand/Philip

 

Harker/Joseph

 

Rose/House Slave/Ada/Auntie Chole

 

Ruth's Mother/Mrs.Steele/Susannah

 

Dorcas/Field Hand/Gemina/Janet

 

Sheriff Hughes/Trader Wilson/Bertie Sutton/Parishoner/Auctioneer

 

Robert Steele/Parishoner/Auctioneer/Mr. Oscar/Sheriff Pine

 

Field Hand, Parishoner, House Slave, Annabel, Joy

• Act 1

  1.
  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