The Face of Emmett Till Play
November 7 – 16, 2025 at CCT
Caribbean Community Theatre opens its 41st season with THE FACE OF EMMETT TILL – a play by Mamie Till-Mobley and David Barr III. There are six performances over two weekends of this play at CCT: Nov. 7, 8 and 9, and 14, 15 and 16, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 4 p.m.
Lionel C. Downer directs the cast of Michael Baker, Will Cooper, Paul Del Rio, Charles Fox, Sheelene Gumbs, Tom Guthrie, Shakir Guzman, Wanson Harris, Dalmari Holder, Paul Knipler, Krissy McKown, Shanell Petersen Spencer, Sherri Poree, David Pugh, Kelly Pugh, Tydus Queiroz, Robert Reffell, Patricia Scott, and Kelvin L. Vidale.
This play is a true-to-life dramatization of the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager who, while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi in August 1955, was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by white men who claimed they wanted to teach him a lesson for “allegedly” whistling at a local white woman. The horror and brutality of this crime were magnified even more when his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the fateful decision to invite the media to the funeral where she had an open casket. The shocking pictures were published by the American Black Press and later republished around the world. The ramifications of this act are still being felt today. The play chronicles this tragedy, its aftermath, and Mamie Till-Mobley’s heroic crusade for justice. This “hate crime changed America” and sparked the civil rights movement.
General admission tickets may be purchased in advance online at Eventbrite.
–For reservations, discounted tickets, more information, or for handicap assistance, email: eileencct@gmail.com.
–Tickets are $20 for adults; $18 for seniors (age 65+), and $15 for college students and CCT members; and may be purchased (for cash only) at the CCT box office prior to each show, which opens 45 minutes before curtain.
This play has adult content and is NOT recommended for children under age 15.
Performances are held at the Caribbean Community Theatre at #18 Estate Orange Grove in Christiansted, St. Croix.
CCT productions are jointly supported by a grant from the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
This show is also co-sponsored by Susan & Crystal Atkins-Weathers, The Comanche, Marshall + Sterling Insurance/Baker Magras & Associates, The New Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, Team Consultants, The VIVOT Group, Armrey Industries and Crucian Gold.
CCT — bringing live theater to St. Croix for 41 seasons!
Caribbean Community Theatre
PO Box 25793, Christiansted, VI 00824
Website: www.cct.vi
