PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 06, 2019
Closing Date
Jan 19, 2020
1st Preview
Sep 10, 2019
1st Preview
Sep 10, 2019
Previews
29
Performances
121
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
John Golden Theatre
(Oct 06, 2019 - Jan 19, 2020)
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Philip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)
Produced by Seaview Productions, Troy Carter, Level Forward, Nine Stories, Sing Out, Louise! Productions, Shooting Star Productions, Roth-Manella Productions, Carlin Katler Productions, Cohen Hopkins Productions, Thomas Laub, Blair Russell, WEB Productions, Salman Al-Rashid, Jeremy O. Harris and New York Theatre Workshop
'Slave Play' received its World Premiere on November 19, 2018 at the New York Theatre Workshop; Developed during a residency at the National Playwrights Conference in 2018 at the The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Written by Jeremy O. Harris; Original Music by Lindsay Jones
Directed by Robert O'Hara; Assistant Director: Mary E. Hodges and Nicholas Polonio
Scenic Design by Clint Ramos; Costume Design by Dede Ayite; Lighting Design by Jiyoun Chang; Sound Design by Lindsay Jones; Hair and Wig Design by Cookie Jordan; Associate Scenic Design: Diggle; Associate Costume Design: Kara Branch; Associate Lighting Design: Caroline Ortiz; Associate Sound Design: Alex Neumann; Assistant Hair and Wig Design: Joya Giambrone
Executive Producer: Mark Shacket; General Manager: Foresight Theatrical and Mark Shacket; Company Manager: Brian Tucker; Associate Gen. Mgr: Lisa Guzman and Andrew Joy; Theatre Manager: Tommy Buckner
Production Manager: Juniper Street Productions; Production Stage Manager: Gwendolyn M. Gilliam; Stage Manager: Jhanaë Bonnick
Production Properties: Samantha Shoffner
Casting Director: Taylor Williams; Press Representative: DKC/O&M; Advertising: RPM; Public Relations & Strategic Marketing: The Chamber Group; Social Media: Marathon Digital; Movement: Byron Easley; Associate Movement: Taylor Mackenzie Smith; Intimacy & Fight Director: Claire Warden; Assistant Intimacy and Fight Director: Teniece Divya Johnson; Dramaturg: Amauta Marston-Firmino; Dialect Coach: Dawn-Elin Fraser; Production Counsel: Nevin Law Group; Production Photographer: Matthew Murphy
Ato Blankson-Wood
Gary
James Cusati-Moyer
Dustin
Sullivan Jones
Broadway debut
Phillip
Joaquina Kalukango
Kaneisha
Chalia La Tour
Broadway debut
Teá
Irene Sofia Lucio
Patricia
Annie McNamara
Broadway debut
Alana
Paul Alexander Nolan
Jim
Understudies: Eboni Flowers (Kaneisha, Teá), Thomas Keegan (Jim, Dustin), Jakeem Dante Powell (Gary, Phillip) and Elizabeth Stahlmann (Alana, Patricia)

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

2020 Nominee
Produced by Seaview Productions , Troy Carter , Level Forward , Nine Stories , Sing Out, Louise! Productions , Shooting Star Productions , Roth-Manella Productions , Carlin Katler Productions , Cohen Hopkins Productions , Thomas Laub , Blair Russell , WEB Productions , Salman Al-Rashid , Jeremy O. Harris and New York Theatre Workshop
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Executive Producer: Mark Shacket
 

Best Original Score Written for the Theatre

2020 Nominee
Incidental music by Lindsay Jones
 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

2020 Nominee
Joaquina Kalukango
 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

2020 Nominee
Ato Blankson-Wood
James Cusati-Moyer
 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

2020 Nominee
Chalia La Tour
Annie McNamara
 

Best Direction of a Play

2020 Nominee
Directed by Robert O'Hara
 

Best Scenic Design of a Play

2020 Nominee
Scenic Design by Clint Ramos
 

Best Costume Design of a Play

2020 Nominee
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
 

Best Lighting Design of a Play

2020 Nominee
Lighting Design by Jiyoun Chang
 

Best Sound Design of a Play

2020 Nominee
Sound Design by Lindsay Jones
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Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
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