Children of a Lesser God

Longacre Theatre, (3/30/1980 - 5/16/1982)

First Preview:	Mar 22, 1980	Total Previews:	9
Opening Date:	Mar 30, 1980
Closing Date:	May 16, 1982	Total Performances:	887

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway

Opening Night Credits
Awards

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Dasha Epstein and Ron Dante; Associate Producer: William P. Wingate and Kenneth Brecher
Originally produced by Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum (Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director)
Written by Mark Medoff
Directed by Gordon Davidson
Scenic Design by Thomas A. Walsh; Costume Design by Nancy Potts; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Assistant to Mr. Musser: Curt Ostermann; Assistant to Ms. Potts: Kenneth M. Yount
General Manager: Jose Véga; Company Manager: Lilli Afan
Production Stage Manager: Mark Wright; Stage Manager: Jonathan Barlow Lee; Assistant Stage Mgr: Richard Kendall; Technical Supervisor: Arthur Siccardi
Press Representative: Bill Evans and Howard Atlee; Special Casting: T.N.I. Casting, Julie Hughes and Barry Moss; Sign Language Consultant: Lou Fant; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne; Photographer: Martha Swope; Assistant to the Producer: Leslie Butler; Press Associate: Bruce Cohen, Leslie Anderson and Jim Baldassare; Assistant to Mr. Davidson: April Webster

Cast

Phyllis Frelich	Sarah Norman
John Rubinstein	James Leeds
Scotty Bloch	Mrs. Norman
William Frankfather	Mr. Franklin
Julianne Gold	Lydia
Lucy Martin	Edna Klein
Lewis Merkin	Orin Dennis

Understudies: Jill André (Edna Klein, Mrs. Norman), A. Linda Bove (Sarah Norman), Howard Brunner (Mr. Franklin), Nanci Jagielski (Lydia), Richard Kendall (Orin Dennis) and Robert Steinberg (James Leeds)

Tony Award^®
1980 Best Play [winner]
Written by Mark Medoff; Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Dasha Epstein and Ron Dante
1980 Best Actor in Play [winner]
John Rubinstein
1980 Best Actress in a Play [winner]
Phyllis Frelich
1980 Best Direction of a Play [nominee]
Gordon Davidson
Drama Desk Award
1980 Outstanding New Play [winner]
Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Dasha Epstein and Ron Dante; Written by Mark Medoff
1980 Outstanding Actor in a Play [winner]
John Rubinstein
1980 Outstanding Actress in a Play [nominee]
Phyllis Frelich
1980 Outstanding Director of a Play [nominee]
Directed by Gordon Davidson
1980 Outstanding Lighting Design [nominee]
Tharon Musser