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Opening Date
Nov 18, 2010
Closing Date
Jan 09, 2011
1st Preview
Oct 23, 2010
1st Preview
Oct 23, 2010
Previews
29
Performances
61
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Vivian Beaumont Theater
(Nov 18, 2010 - Jan 09, 2011)
Setting
New Orleans and other locations in Europe and America, 1801-1806
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Originally commissioned by The Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe: Producer; Mara Manus: Executive Director)
Written by John Guare; Original Music by Jeanine Tesori
Directed by George C. Wolfe; Choreographed by Hope Clarke; Assistant Director: Saheem Ali
Scenic Design by David Rockwell; Costume Design by Ann Hould-Ward; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Projection Design by Batwin & Robin Productions, Inc.; Sound Design by Scott Stauffer; Make-Up Design by Cynthia Demand; Associate Scenic Design: Dick Jaris; Assistant Scenic Design: T.J. Greenway and Todd Potter; Assistant Costume Design: Christopher Vergara; Assistant Lighting Design: Patricia Nichols and Dan Ozminkowski; Assistant Sound Design: Benjamin Furiga and Bridget O'Connor
LCT General Manager: Adam Siegel; Company Manager: Jessica Perlmeter Cochrane; Associate Gen. Mgr: Jessica Niebanck; Associate Co. Mgr: Daniel Hoyos
Stage Manager: Gwendolyn M. Gilliam; Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Kevin Bertolacci
LCT Director of Casting: Daniel Swee; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; LCT Director of Marketing: Linda Mason Ross; General Press Representative: Philip Rinaldi Publicity; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; Dialect Coach: Deborah Hecht; Fight direction by Thomas Schall; Photographer: T. Charles Erickson; Video Services: Fresh Produce Productions; Videographer: Frank Basile; Poster Artwork for 'A Free Man of Color' by James McMullan
Jeffrey Wright
Jacques Cornet
Nicole Beharie
Margery Jolicoeur
a country wife
Mos
Cupidon Murmur
Cornet's slave
 
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian revolutionary
Reg Rogers
Tallyrand
Bonaparte's foreign minister
 
Zeus-Marie Pincepoosse
Cornet's half-brother
Yao Ababio
Slave of New Orleans
Peter Bartlett
Mercure
 
Count Achille Creux
Arnie Burton
Remy Dorilante
 
James Monroe
Future President
Rosal Colón
Mrs. Sparks
Sparks's wife
 
Terpsichore
 
The Infanta
Veanne Cox
Mme. Mandragola
 
Doña Polissena
Creux's wife, a scientist
 
Robert Livingston
Minister to France
Paul F. Dano
Meriwether Lewis
Jefferson's secretary
Sara Gettelfinger
Doña Athene
Cornet's wife
 
Calliope
Derric Harris
Slave of New Orleans
Justina Machado
Josephine
Bonaparte's wife
 
Doña Smeralda
Toubib's wife
Joseph Marcell
Dr. Toubib
John McMartin
Thomas Jefferson
Nick Mennell
Pythagore
 
General LeClerc
Bonaparte's brother-in-law
 
King Carlos Cuarto
Teyonnah Parris
Leda
Toubib's slave
 
Mme. Dorilante
Remy's wife
 
Melpomene
Postell Pringle
Slave of New Orleans
Esau Pritchett
Orphee
Toubib's slave
Brian Reddy
Jonathan Sparks
 
Major Walter Reed
Triney Sandoval
Napoleon Bonaparte
 
Intendante Juan Ventura Morales
Robert Stanton
Lord Harcourt
 
LeClerc's Captain
 
Georges Feydeau
Playwright
Wendy Rich Stetson
Lady Harcourt
 
Euterpe
Jerome Stigler
Slave of New Orleans
Senfaub Stoney
Slave of New Orleans
David Emerson Toney
Alcibiade
Understudies: Ashley Bryant (Melpomene, Mme. Dorilante, Leda), Rosal Colón (Josephine, Doña Smeralda), Stephanie DiMaggio (Doña Athene, Mrs. Sparks, Euterpe, Calliope, Terpsichore, The Infanta, Lady Harcourt), Kyle Fabel (Intendante Juan Ventura Morales, Remy Dorilante, Jonathan Sparks, Napoleon Bonaparte, Major Walter Reed), Derric Harris (Alcibiade, Orphee), David Graham Jones (Lord Harcourt, Pythagore, Meriwether Lewis, James Monroe, General LeClerc, King Carlos Cuarto, Georges Feydeau, LeClerc's Captain), David Manis (Mercure, Count Achille Creux, Thomas Jefferson), Howard W. Overshown (Jacques Cornet), Teyonnah Parris (Margery Jolicoeur), Postell Pringle (Cupidon Murmur, Toussaint Louverture), Wendy Rich Stetson (Mme. Mandragola, Doña Polissena, Robert Livingston) and David Emerson Toney (Dr. Toubib)

Pulitzer Prize

 

for Drama

2011 Nominee
Written by John Guare

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Costume Design

2011 Nominee
Costume Design by Ann Hould-Ward
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