The cast of “Early Shaker Spirituals” base their performance on Shaker hymns, marches, anthems and testimony recorded by Sister R. Mildred Barker and the sisters of a Shaker community in Maine. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
Cast members Modesto Jimenez, left, Bobby McElver and Bebe Miller of the Wooster Group conduct their last run-through of “Early Shaker Spirituals” during dress rehearsal at REDCAT Disney Hall in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2015. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
Cast member Frances McDormand, third from left, and other members of the Wooster Group run through “Early Shaker Spirituals” dress rehearsal. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
Frances McDormand, right, of the Wooster Group runs through “Early Shaker Spirituals,” based on Shaker hymns, marches, anthems and testimony. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
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Cast member Suzzy Roch of the Wooster Group rehearses “Early Shaker Spirituals.” (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
Elizabeth LeCompte, left, Suzzy Roch, Frances McDormand and Cynthia Hedstrom in “Early Shaker Spirituals.” (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
Frances McDormand in “Early Shaker Spirituals.” (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)
