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Plays for the Plague Year

PLAYS FOR THE PLAGUE YEAR

Joe's Pub
April 5 - April 30, 2023 Run Time: 3 hours with an intermission

World Premiere 
PLAYS FOR THE PLAGUE YEAR
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Songs by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed and Choreographed by Niegel Smith

On March 13, 2020, as theaters shut their doors and so many of us went into lockdown, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and The Public’s Writer-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks picked up her pen and her guitar and set out to write a play every day. What emerged is a breathtaking anthology of plays and songs that chronicle our collective experience and the hope and perseverance that occurred throughout that troubling year. 

Performed in the intimate music venue, Joe's Pub, PLAYS FOR THE PLAGUE YEAR is a theatrical concert featuring the music and plays of Suzan-Lori Parks. At once, both a personal story of one family's daily lives, as well as a sweeping account of all we faced as a city, a nation, and a global community. Niegel Smith directs this life-affirming new work that beams with humor and humanity, bears witness to what we’ve experienced, and offers inspiration as we shape our future.

Joe's Pub
April 5 - April 30, 2023 Run Time: 3 hours with an intermission


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Artists.

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Edward Astor Chin

Understudy

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Rona Figueroa

Actor

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Leland Fowler

Actor

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Danyel Fulton

Actor

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Greg Keller

Actor

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Orville Mendoza

Actor

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Lauren Molina

Actor

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Joe Osheroff

Understudy

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Danea Osseni

Understudy

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Suzan-Lori Parks

The Writer

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Nathan M. Ramsey

Understudy

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Martín Solá

Actor

Creative.

Suzan-Lori Parks
Playwright & Songwriter
Niegel Smith
Director & Choreographer
Peter Nigrini
Scenic and Projection Design
Rodrigo Muñoz
Costume Design
Ania Washington
Lighting Design
Dan Moses Schreier
Sound Design
Ric Molina
Music Director / Vocal and Instrumental Arrangements

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