A Conversation with the Music Director of the DCPA’s The Color Purple

The Color Purple is currently on stage at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The play based upon the novel written by Alice Walker in 1982 that has won numerous prizes including the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. The Morning Set had an opportunity to speak with Music Director S.Renee Clark about this production.

Original Air-Date: 04/28/23

The Orchestra features:

Conductor/Keyboard 1……………………………………………………………..S. Renee Clark

Flutes/Clarinet/Alto Saxophone……………………………………………….Art Bouton

Acoustic/Electric Bass ……………………………………………………………. Domi Edson

Keyboard 2 …………………………………………………………………………….. Dan Graeber

Guitars/Dobro …………………………………………………………………………. Mitch Jervis

Trumpet/Flugel Horn…………………………………………………………………Dawn Kramer

Drums/Percussion……………………………………………………………………..Lorenzo A Sanford, III

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Tenor and Baritone Saxophone ……….. Allison Young

For tickets visit The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ website

Photo Credits:

Elexis Morton and Maiesha McQueen. Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography courtesy of denvercenter.org.

Maiesha McQueen and the cast of The Color Purple. Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography courtesy of denvercenter.org.