Songs of Truth’ “Songs of Truth: An American Musical Resurrection,” featuring Desirée Roots as Sojourner Truth, was performed Saturday, Nov. 15, and Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Révéler in Carytown. The two performances featured original songs from a musical theater project and inspired by the life of Sojourner Truth. Roots and fellow cast members Kimberly Fox Knight, Wendy Miller, Wanda Fox Miller, Dale Heiskill, Milani Hopkins, Cat Johnson and Sir Rome were accompanied by a band led by Weldon Hill, bringing the abolitionist’s story to life through a fusion of gospel, blues, jazz and Americana. Sojourner Truth’s sixth-generation great-granddaughter Barbara Allen, attended the performances. DKeni B. Fine, creator of Songs of Truth, and Desirée Roots, portraying Sojourner
Truth, dance on stage while Sir Rome, right, and Dale Heiskill, left, provide vocals. (Photos by Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press)
