The Program

Cast & Crew

Poof! was produced by KET in 2002 on location in New York City and Lexington, Kentucky. The play and the companion documentary, A Voice to Be Reckoned With, are the results of the talents and work of this cast and crew.

The Play

By Lynn Nottage
Poof! was accepted by Actors Theater of Louisville as part of the 1993 Humana Festival of New American Plays

Cast

Loureen

Rosie Perez

Florence

Viola Davis

Isiah Whitlock plays Loureen's husband, Samuel

Samuel

Isiah Whitlock

Extras

Janet Whitaker
Mary Jennes
Stephanie Hong
Almeda Garrett
Gena Ferrier
Tekeisha Fields
Jan Hanley
Devon Berry
Bokangaikuku Isea Martin
James C. Brown
Demetrius Rankin
Evan Yarbroug

Television Production

Producer

Guy Mendes

Director

Fred Barzyk

Associate Producer

Mary Marshall Hester

Assistant Director

Mike Brower

Editor

Otis Ballard

The filming of the famous "hat shot"

Principal Camera

Frank Simkonis

Camera Assistant

Brandon Wickey

Additional Videography

John Breslin

Principal Audio

Chuck Burgess
Gary Mosley

Boom Operator

Brent Abshear

Audio Post

Chuck Burgess

Lighting Director

Don Dean

Location Dolly/Studio Grip

Michael Follmer

Location Key/Studio Grip

Prentice Walker

Location Grip

Roger Bondurant

Gaffer

Tony Engleman

Jib Arm Operator

Kent Cooper

Pyrotechnics

Remy Simpson, Starlight & Magic

Production Designer

Robert Pickering

Charge Painter

Regina Statton

Lead Carpenter

Troy Kleffman

Scenic Construction & Painting

Azim Aghil
Dawn Alex
Laramie Hartman
Robert Stinnett

Script Supervision

Carolyn Gwinn

Hair, Wardrobe & Makeup Supervisor

Janet Whitaker

Ms. Perez's Hair Stylist

Dionne Alexander

Ms. Perez's Makeup

April Praeger

Viola Davis Hair Stylist

Amber Bishop

Craft Service

Charlee Pagoulatos

Production Assistants

Laura Burkhart
Josh Campbell
Kearny Cantor
Amelia Cutadean
Barbara O'Keefe

Extras Coordinator

Lynda Thomas

Closed Captions

Pam Jenkins

Executive Producer

Nancy Carpenter

Acknowledgements

"No More Drama" by Mary J. Blige, Universal Music Enterprises
"Afroblues for Rahsaan" by Ramon Lopez & Magid Bekkos, Leo Records

Photographs

Time Pix
Michael Cunningham
Susan Johann
Martha Swope
Joan Marcus
Carol Rosegg
George Joseph
Richard Trigg
Guy Mendes
The National Archives for the Venus de Milo photograph
Donna Ferrato's photographs from Living with the Enemy, Courtesy of Domestic Abuse Awareness, Inc.

Special Thanks

HD Vision Studios
Crawford Communications
HDNet
The Public Theater
New Dramatists
Playwrights Horizons
South Coast Repertory
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The Goodman Theater
Manhattan Theater Company
Signature Theater Company
Hatch-Billops Archives
LFUCG Sheriff's Office
Diane Sleet
Teri Faragher
James Harris & the Lexington Antique Gallery
Pop's Resale & Consignment
A.I.C. Used & Usable Furniture Decor

Poof! was funded by generous grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Diversity Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. American Public Television is the national distributor of Poof!