For many Washington-area theatergoers, Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “The Amen Corner,” was the last live theater they saw before the pandemic shut things down in mid-March.
A marvelous production of James Baldwin’s powerful 1950s Harlem-set play about the role of church in the Black community, the unwitting season closer received resoundingly positive reviews and attracted enthusiastic audiences.
In bringing famed gay playwright Baldwin’s work to life, STC assembled a stellar team including Qween Andy Jean, a New York-based Black, trans costume designer.
Jean says she “felt a great deal of responsibility to dress the characters authentically. We weren’t just creating characters.