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WHITE NOISE

Anspacher Theater

March 5 - May 5

Estimated Run Time: 3 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission

World Premiere

Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Oskar Eustis

ENTHRALLING, COMPLEX & RAVISHING. An ELEGANT work from SUZAN-LORI PARKS. Directed with RADIANT CLARITY by OSKAR EUSTIS. DAVEED DIGGS is SMASHING. - The New York Times

RADICAL, BRILLIANT & EVISCERATING. AN IMMENSELY POWERFUL ENSEMBLE. - New York Magazine

★★★★- The Guardian

Following her critically-acclaimed trilogy FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog, In The Blood) returns with a world premiere play about race, friendship, and our rapidly unraveling social contract.


Long-time friends and lovers Leo, Misha, Ralph, and Dawn are educated, progressive, cosmopolitan, and woke. But when a racially motivated incident with the cops leaves Leo shaken, he decides extreme measures must be taken for self-preservation.

The Public’s Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis (Julius Caesar, Public Works Twelfth Night), directs this fierce new drama about what happens when the unspoken and the unspeakable come head-to-head.

Daveed Diggs

Daveed Diggs

Sheria Irving

Sheria Irving

Thomas Sadoski

Thomas Sadoski

Zoë Winters

Zoë Winters

Additional support for WHITE NOISE provided by an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation. 

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CREATIVE TEAM
Scenic Design Clint Ramos
Costume Design Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Design Xavier Pierce
Sound Design Dan Moses Schreier
Projection Design Lucy Mackinnon

Production Stage Manager Buzz Cohen
Stage Manager Jereme Kyle Lewis

PRODUCTION NOTE
Production may include smoke and open flame. As sensitivities vary from person to person, if you have specific questions regarding content, please call us at 212.967.7555.

Season 2018-2019

Media

Digiturgy

Media

Digiturgy

Meaning of the Number 40 in the Bible

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In the bowling alley, Leo tells the group:

“40 is an auspicious number. Jesus was 40 days in the desert, Hindus offer devotionals in groups of 40. The flood lasted 40 days and 40 nights. I think Buddha did 40 under the tree. “Quarantine” comes from “Quaranta” which means 40. Moses did 40 days on the mountain. The Prophet did 40 days in the cave. Jesus, again, did 40 when he fasted.”

31 January

#white noise #digiturgy #public theater #40 #bible #number 40 #humility #the public theater #new york #new work #number #digits #lent #buddha #moses #jesus #prophet #bowling #New York city #theater #theatre #plays #art

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In the play, Misha’s YouTube show “Ask A Black” reminds us of this quintessential Chappelle’s Show sketch “Ask a Black Dude” – here’s the ‘walking’ segment, if you’ve never seen it (or if you just want a laugh).

13 January

#chappelle's show #ask a black dude #white noise #comedy #digiturgy

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Okay but… what does white noise actually sound like? Other than, you know, ‘white noise’? Here’s a white noise machine (3 hours of it, in case you really want to do a deep-dive) to explain it once and for all)

(This version has “holes open” which means… something, and so presumably there might be other white noise sounds out there and we encourage you to experiment with your own, should you be in the market for such a device.)

12 January

#white noise #white noise machine #digiturgy

BOWL.com | Home

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Collegiate bowling is no joke – and while only women’s bowling has an NCAA division, the USBC (owners of the fantastic www.bowl.com domain name) oversees competitive bowling at the intramural, collegiate, and professional levels. More than you could possibly want to know about competitive bowling can be found at the link above.

12 January

#bowling #usbc #white noise #digiturgy #sports!

Background Image Photo Credit: Joseph Augstein

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