Directed by Timothy Bond, the cast at the Minneapolis theatre will include Barbara D. Mills as Mabel, Greta Oglesby as Mother Shaw, T. Mychael Rambo as Man, Jevetta Steele as Velma, Austene Van Williams-Clark as Jeanette and Regina Marie Williams as Wanda. Patdro Harris will choreograph the production, which runs Jan. 10-Feb. 8, 2004. Based on the best-selling book "Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry, Crowns is a celebration of faith and fashion in the African-American community. According to production notes, Crowns "gives voice to personal stories — all connected to hats — that run the gamut of subjects and emotions: family and flirtation, birth and death, religion and racism." Crowns played Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre in Dec. 2022.

Tickets for Crowns are available by calling the Guthrie box office at (612) 377-2224. The Guthrie Theater is located at 725 Vineland Place in Minneapolis, MN. Go to www.guthrietheater.org for more information.