Serial Black Face
PLAYWRIGHT
Janine Nabers
DIRECTOR
Freddie Ashley
April 2 – 24, 2016
A mother’s brave journey of loss, love, and learning to choose life.
SYNOPSIS
Atlanta, 1979. The Atlanta Child Murders grip the entire city. Single mother Vivian copes with the disappearance of her young son while working tirelessly to give a fresh start to her troubled teenage daughter. When a handsome stranger enters her life with promises of new love, she soon learns that nothing is as it seems. This award-winning play by one of America’s most promising young playwrights pulses to life with extraordinary grace and raw emotional power.
"...AN EXTRAORDINARY WRITER – POWERFUL AND FUNNY AND BRAVE."
– Pulizer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman
"A STAGGERING WORK OF HEARTBREAKING, STUPID FUCKING GENIUS.”
– Time Out Chicago
“AN UNFAILINGLY DELIGHTFUL JAUNT.”
– Washington City Paper
Cast & Creative Team
Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
Vivian
Drea Lewis
Gladys
Gilbert Glenn Brown
Man with the Face
Kelli Winans
Damita
Imani Guy Duckette
LaToya
Brian Hatch
Mickey/Jimmy/Police Officer
DIRECTOR
Freddie Ashley
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CLIFTON GUTERMAN
SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGNERS
ISABEL AND MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY
LIGHTING DESIGNER
REBECCA M. K. MAKUS
SOUND DESIGNER
JOEL ABBOTT
PROPERTIES DESIGNER
KIMBERLY TOWNSEND
STAGE MANAGER
EMMA PALMER MCVEY
DRAMATURG
CELISE KALKE
CASTING DIRECTOR
SHEILA OLIVER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
ELENA CHAPMAN
ASSISTANT DRAMATURG
ELIN ROSE HILL
ORIGINAL MUSIC
JAMES SUGG
CHOREOGRAPHER
BECCA POTTER
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ENGLISH BRACKETT
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
TOM PRIESTER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
ELIZA CRAFT
CASTING DIRECTOR
SHEILA OLIVER
CASTING ASSOCIATE
JUSTIN KALIN
CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST
AMANDA NERBY
WIG DESIGNER
LAMONT SAMUELS
RUNNING TIME
Two hours with one intermission
CONTENT ADVISORY
Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE
SEATING
There is open seating for this production.
PERFORMANCES
Previews
May 12 & 13 at 8 pm
Opening Night
May 14 at 8 pm
Regular Performances
May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
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