Gun & Powder Takes Aim and Hits Its Target
Librettist and lyricist Angelica Chéri based the original story on lore from her own family. Set in a repressive postbellum South, where most Black people have freedom in name only, sisters Mary Clarke (Ciara Renée) and Martha Clarke (Liisi LaFontaine) set out to earn money that will pay off sharecropping debts held by their devoted mother, Tallulah (Jeannette Bayardelle, the musical’s vocal powerhouse and endearing center).