ACT TWO Celia finds the rest of the letters Mister had hidden over the years, and learns that Nettie went to Africa with the missionary family who adopted Celie's babies, and that they are all now in Africa in a refugee camp. In Georgia, Sofia has been beaten and thrown in jail for punching the mayor. (His wife had invited her to be their maid, and wouldn't take no for an answer.) Celia goes to the jail to comfort her, and learns that Sofia will have to serve out her sentence in the custody of the Mayor's wife, as her maid. Twelve years later, Sofia and Shug both return home for Easter. Shug discovers the extent of Celie's anger toward God and invites her to come live with her and her new husband in Memphis. After Easter dinner Celia tells Mister she is leaving. He protests and she finally confronts him about the way he treated her. Squeak is off to Memphis too, saying she wants to sing. Harpo defends her choice to his father, then after they leave, he invites Sofia to come back and live at the Juke Joint. Mister soon feels the effect of Celie's curse. He's drunk all the time and is shunned by everyone. Harpo challenges him to make things right with Celie, and Mister tries to understand what that would mean. At Shug's house in Memphis, Celie discovers she has a gift for making pants. When she inherits the house she grew up in, she goes home and starts a business selling her unique designs. Mister tries to help Sofia's sickly youngest child Henrietta, and even Celie has to admit that Mister is trying to change. Harpo and Sofia are spending a pleasant night at home when Mister comes to tell them that he has found Nettie, but she is having some trouble getting home from Africa. Shug tells Celia she has fallen in love with a young flute player, and asks Celle to let her have a fling with this boy. Walking home, Celia realises she isn't destroyed by this, and feels a deep love for herself, for the first time. 1949. As the whole community is gathered for a Fourth of July picnic at Celie's house, Celie hears a car door slam, then a familiar song from her childhood. Nettie runs up to the house, with Celie's grown children behind her. Mister and Shug have made this reunion possible, and Celle thanks them, and God, for the safe return of her family. Original CAST (in order of stage appearance) • Young Nettie, Mister Daughter - Chantylla Johnson • Young Celie, Mister Daughter, Young Olivia, Henrietta - Zipporah G. Gatling • Church Soloist - Carol Dennis • Church Lady/Doris - Kimberly Ann Harris • Church Lady/Darlene - Virginia Ann Woodruff • Church Lady/Jarene, Daisy - Maia Nkenge Wilson • Preacher, Prison Guard - Doug Eskew • Pa – J.C. Montgomery • Nettie - Renée Elise Goldsberry • Celie - LaChanze • Mister - Kingsley Leggs • Young Harpo, Young Adam - Leon G. Thomas III • Harpo - Brandon Victor Dixon • Sofia - Felicia P. Fields • Squeak - Krisha Marcano • Shug Avery - Elisabeth Withers-Mendes • Ol' Mister - Lou Myers • Buster, Chief - Nathaniel Stampley • Grady - JC Montgomery • Bobby - James Brown III • Older Olivia - Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines • Older Adam - Grasan Kingsberry ENSEMBLE: James Brown III, laTrisa A. Coleman, Carol Dennis, Anika Ellis, Doug Eskew, Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines,
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