• 
• John Carpenter
• Sturdyvant
  

• 
• Lou Criscuolo
• Irvin
  

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• Scott Davenport-Richards
• Sylvester
  

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• Charles S. Dutton
• Levee
  

• 
• Leonard Jackson
• Slow Drag
  

• 
• Robert Judd
• Toledo
  

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• Christopher Loomis
• Policeman
  

• 
• Theresa Merritt
• Ma Rainey
  

• 
• Aleta Mitchell
• Dussie Mae
  

• 
• Joe Seneca
• Cutler
  

• 
• Angela Bassett
• Performer
  

• 
• Peter Boyden
• Irvin
  Policeman
  Sturdyvant
  

• 
• Bill Cobbs
• Cutler
  

• 
• Arthur French
• Slow Drag
  Toledo
  

• 
• Ebony Jo-Ann
• Dussie Mae
  Ma Rainey
  

• 
• Dwight D. Andrews
• Musical Director
  

• 
• August Wilson
• Writer
  

• 
• Walter Melrose
• Featuring "Doctor Jazz" written
  

• 
• Joseph Oliver
• Featuring "Doctor Jazz" written by
  

• 
• Louis Armstrong
• Featuring "Hear Me Talking to You" written
  

• 
• Ma Rainey
• Featuring "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "See See Rider" written by
  

• 
• Lillian Hardeway Henderson
• Featuring "Trust No Man" written by
  

• 
• Lloyd Richards
• Director
  

• 
• Charles Henry McClennahan
• Scenic Design
  

• 
• Daphne Pascucci
• Costume Design
  

• 
• Peter Maradudin
• Lighting Design
  

• 
• Jan Nebozenko
• Sound Design
  

• 
• Mortimer V. Halpern
• Production Stage Manager
  

• 
• K. White
• Stage Manager
  

• 
• Meg Simon
• Casting
  

• 
• Fran Kumin
• Casting
  

• 
• Kingwill & Goossen, Inc.
• General Manager
  

• 
• Jeffrey Richards Associates
• Press Representative
  

• 
• Serino, Coyne & Nappi
• Advertising
  

• 
• Bert Andrews
• Photographer
  

• 
• Ivan Bloch
• Producer
  

• 
• Robert Cole
• Producer
  

• 
• Frederick Zollo
• Producer
  

• 
• Bart Berman
• Associate Producer
  

• 
• Hart Productions
• Associate Producer
  

• 
• William P. Suter
• Associate Producer
  

• 
• Nicholas Paleologos
• Producer (Uncredited)
  

• 
• Yale Repertory Theatre
• Original Producer