COCO QUEENS Comes to TheatreWorks@TheSquare in July

Playhouse on the Square will present Coco Queens, written by LaDarrion Williams, running July 12th – July 28th at TheatreWorks@TheSquare, Overton Square Performing Arts District, 2085 Monroe Ave., Memphis, TN 38104.

Tickets are available now at playhouseonthesquare.org or by calling the box office (901) 726-4656.  

Set in a small town of Helena, Alabama, Coco Queens is a compelling play that explores the unbreakable bond among four women as they confront the deep and often painful challenges of love, forgiveness, and Black womanhood during the 1970s.

*Audiences should note that the production features some adult situations.

Claire D. Kolheim returns as director for the World Premier of Coco Queens, with Ann Clarissa Perry as the Assistant Director. 

Starring Mads Jackson, Nichole Jackson, Donita Johnson, and Noelia Warnette-Jones. 

The complete cast and crew of Coco Queens is as follows:

THE CAST

Dawn Lyons: Mads Jackson*

Tammie Green: Nichole Jackson

Gloria Carmichael: Noelia Warnette-Jones

Chanel Cunningham: Donita Johnson

Understudy/Swing: Eboni Cain

THE CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Claire D. Kolheim

Assistant Director: Ann Clarissa Perry

Stage Manager: Emma White

Scenic Designer: Lex Van Blommestein

Lighting Designer: Terry Eikleberry

Costume Designer: Waverly Strickland

Sound Designer: Josh Crawford

Properties Designer: Iza Bateman

Production Manager: Phillip Hughen

Technical Director: Mike Jurkovic

*Resident Company Member

Coco Queens runs July 12th through July 28th at TheatreWorks@TheSquare. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00pm and at 2:00pm on Sundays. Group ticket rates are available. For tickets, call the Box Office at (901) 726-4656 or visit the website www.playhouseonthesquare.org. 

Season 56 will continue to offer patrons the new single ticket pricing. General admission tickets are $25, senior citizens, military, and first responders are $20, and children under 18 are only $15. The Pay-What-You-Can performance tickets go on sale on Thursday, July 11th and the performance is Thursday, July 18th. 

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