Soul Rep Presents the Regional Premiere of Keith Glover and Keb Mo’s
Blusical, Thunder Knocking on the Door
DALLAS, TX (May 20, 2024) --- Soul Rep Theatre Company, Dallas’ longest operating theater company
dedicated to the Black experience, will close its dynamic 2023-2024 season with the regional premiere
of Keith Glover and Keb Mo’s mystical blusical, THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, June 13 – June 30
at The Undermain Theater in Deep Ellum, the historic epicenter of the early 20 th century Texas blues.
Soul Rep co-founder and Artistic Director, Guinea Bennett-Price will direct the earthy and magical new
musical deemed by critics as “the tastiest, bluesiest score in recent memory.” Individual and Group Sale
tickets are available www.soulrep.org.
THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR takes place at the crossroads of “here and there." In the mythical
tale, “Marvell Thunder”, a mysterious shapeshifter, challenges “Glory”, a blind songstress, to a magical
duel on the Delta Blues guitar. This blusical has everything: family dynamic, a love story, a mythical
character, soul-searching, and great music. Soul Rep’s production stars veteran actress, Yolanda
Williams, Jeremy Lavergne, Sinclair Freeman, Keelyn Singleton, and Olivia Lewis.
Since its founding nearly three decades ago, Soul Rep Theatre Company has consistently worked to
produce new works and mark regional premieres of pieces particularly written by women and BIPOC
artists. In this season alone, Soul Rep has offered three world premiere productions – WHAT FITS INSIDE
A HUMAN HEART by Erin Malone Turner, ELM THICKET by company co-founder, Anyika McMillan-Herod,
and most recently, YANGA by Jaime Chabaud, a terrific collaboration with Cara Mia Theatre and Mexico
based company, Mulato Teatro. “With a goal to shift the paradigm of how the Black experience is
valued, it is imperative that we consistently commit our company to serving as a gateway and platform
for new voices and works that explore themes important to our community,” explains Bennett-Price.
“THUNDER is no different. This play exemplifies blues culture and beautifully shows how blues lives in
the walls, in the floors, in the red dirt of these Black people. A lot of this culture and stories would die
without plays like this.”
Soul Rep’s 2023-2024 season is sponsored in part by generous support from TACA, City of Dallas Office
of Arts and Culture, Moody Fund for the Arts, and an Anonymous Friend.
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