Harlem and Moscow is an audio drama based on the true story of the Harlem Renaissance in the Soviet Union. This audio podcast immerses you in the journey as you travel to the other side of the world and back again with America’s best-kept literary secret.

In 1932, a group of Harlem Renaissance artists and activists traveled to Moscow to make a film on racism in America that would start a revolution.

Among them was up-and-coming writer Dorothy West, looking for a break in her acting career and the chance to connect with famed writer Langston Hughes.

Dorothy West recounts her year in the Soviet Union, recalling the hookups, heartbreaks, and lessons learned along the way.

In this true story of the Harlem Renaissance in the Soviet Union, we are introduced to the young writer and actress Dorothy West and her mother, Rachel West, who wants to hear all about her daughter’s year in Moscow making a film. Rachel is especially curious about the famous poet Langston Hughes. Dorothy promises to tell all that and more, starting with the invitation for the trip that she received from her sweetheart and local reporter, Henry Lee Moon. After failing to convince her cousin, Helene Johnson, to accompany her, Dorothy sets sail with Henry Lee and 20 other Harlemites to the other side of the world, with no idea what this new world has in store for her.

CAST
J. IVY AS LANGSTON HUGHES
EVAN FRAZIER AS DOROTHY WEST
NANCY GILLIAM AS RACHEL WEST
KYLA LACY AS HELENE JOHNSON
BRODERICK CLAVERY AS HENRY LEE
BASIL RODERICKS AS COUNTEE CULLEN
SYDNEY APOLONIO AS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
JON KELLY AS THE NEWS REPORTER
HARLEM AND MOSCOW WAS WRITTEN BY ALLE MIMS
DIRECTED BY ARES HARPER AND REGINA GRIFFIN.
PRODUCER AND SOUND DESIGNER SAM RIDDELL
AUDIO ENGINEERS AARON REPPERT AND CAREY DURHAM
MUSIC BY TRANSITIONS AND THE URSS SOVIET CHORUS

Dorothy West anxiously awaits the arrival of Langston Hughes on their voyage from Harlem to Moscow to make a movie. Dorothy gets to know some of the other Harlem Renaissance artists and activists, including Louise Thompson, the organizer, and Mildred Jones, an artist she will be rooming with. On the train, Dorothy and Henry Lee Moon get into a spat about sexual expectations abroad. Could their romantic getaway be over before it begins?

CAST
J. IVY AS LANGSTON HUGHES
EVAN FRAZIER AS DOROTHY WEST
NANCY GILLIAM AS RACHEL WEST
BRODERICK CLAVERY AS HENRY LEE AND THE MESCHRAPBOM OFFICIAL
SUSAYE LAWSON AS LOUISE THOMPSON
BREANNA COSETTE AS MILDRED JONES
JARED ALEXANDER AS THE NARRATOR
SAM RIDDELL AS THE TRAIN CONDUCTOR
HARLEM AND MOSCOW WAS WRITTEN BY ALLE MIMS
DIRECTED BY ARES HARPER AND REGINA GRIFFIN
PRODUCER AND SOUND DESIGNER SAM RIDDELL
AUDIO ENGINEERS AARON REPPERT AND CAREY DURHAM
MUSIC BY TRANSITIONS