(April 19 to May 14, 2006) She directed the musical, "Crowns," in a Brown-Forman Series production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Thomas Jefferson Byrd (Man); Crystal Fox (Yolanda); Pat Bowie (Mother Shaw); April Nixon (Jeanette); Angela Karol Grovey (Wanda); Erika LaVonn (Velma) and Julia Lema (Mabel) in the cast. Regina Taylor adapted from Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry's novel. Mercedes Ellington was choreographer. Mahomoud Khan was conductor and pianist. S-Ankh Rasa was percussionist.
