Director & Writer: Gerrad Alex Taylor

Choreographer – Nigel Semaj
Lighting Designer – Juan Juarez
Costume Designer – Eric Abele
Assistant Costume Designer – Becca Janney
Assistant Director – Isaiah Mason Harvey
Sound Designer – Kaydin Hamby
Scenic Designer/Projections – Nate Sinnott
Vocal Director – Andrew Hann
Dramaturg – Bianca LaVerne
Stage Manager / Intimacy Choreographer – Grace Shepperd

The year 2025 marks the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance, perhaps the largest cultural and artistic American movement of the 20th century. In celebration, the Department of Theatre will amplify the work of Black and African American theatre-makers and our engagement with the Baltimore theatre community by mounting an adaptation of “Shakespeare in Harlem” by Langston Hughes.

A rare gem from Langston Hughes, this collection of monologue poems revives the rhythms of jazz, the blues, and the pulse of the Harlem Renaissance—its love, struggles, and street-corner spirit. In director Gerrad Alex Taylor’s adaptation, Hughes’ words come alive in a dynamic full-length play, blending poetry, music, and dance for an immersive journey into the world he so vividly celebrated.