The Whipping Man
February 23 - March 18, 2012
By Matthew Lopez
Directed by Hana S. Sharif
Photo by T. Charles Erickson
“A tough and evocative play.”
— The New York Times
Running time: Approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.
In the aftermath of the Civil War, three men are at a crossroads—a Jewish Confederate soldier who has returned from battle, and two former slaves who were raised as Jews in his household. As the men reunite to celebrate Passover, they uncover a tangle of secrets that might cost each his freedom.
The Whipping Man won the 2011 John Gassner Playwriting Award by the New York Outer Critics Circle.
Artists
Scenic Design
Andromache Chalfant
Costume Design
Linda Cho
Lighting Design
Marcus Doshi
Original Music & Sound Design
Broken Chord
Fight Choreographer
Craig Handel
Casting
Stephanie Klapper
Production Stage Manager
Amber Dickerson
Assistant Stage Manager
Robyn M. Zalewski
Production Manager
Bryan T. Holcombe
Cast
Caleb
Josh Landay
Simon
Leon Addison Brown
John
Che Ayende
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Afterwords Discussion
March 6th, 2012 – 10:00 PM
March 7th, 2012 – 5:00 PM
March 13th, 2012 – 10:00 PM
March 14th, 2012 – 5:00 PM
Join members of the cast and our Artistic staff for a free discussion immediately following the performance. (Start time is approximate depending on the length of the show).
Cocktails With the Cast
March 9th, 2012 – 10:30 PM
Join members of the cast after the show for drinks in our lower lobby lounge. Cocktails with the Cast events are free and held on Friday evenings after opening night. Drink specials and cash bar.
Open Captioned Performance
March 11th, 2012 – 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
This state of the art service provides the dialogue of the production on a text screen on one side of the stage and is synchronized with the onstage performance. Open captioning assists people with varying degrees of hearing loss as well as hearing audience members who might not catch every word during a performance.
Audio Described Performance
March 17th, 2012 – 2:00 PM
Audio description enables audience members who are blind or have low vision to hear descriptions of actions, body language, lights, costumes, scenery and other aspects of the production not conveyed by voices from the stage. This service is provided during the 2:00 pm Saturday Matinee Series 25.
Student Study Guide
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