SALLY & TOM
New York Premiere
SALLY & TOM
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III
In Association with The Guthrie Theater
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, the author of last season’s The Harder They Come, returns to her artistic home with an edgy dramedy that celebrates the craft of theater while taking a hard look at history.
The off-off-off-Broadway theater troupe Good Company is putting on a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Writer Luce is cast as Sally; her romantic partner, and the play’s director, Mike, is cast as Tom—really, people, what could possibly go wrong?
In association with Minneapolis’s acclaimed Guthrie Theater, this funny, ferocious new work is about art, politics, and the contradictions that make all of us. Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, SALLY & TOM is an unmissable New York premiere from one of our finest and most daring playwrights.
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Cast.
Sun Mee Chomet
Scout/Polly
SUN MEE CHOMET she/her (Scout/Polly). Off-Broadway credits include brownsville song (b-side for tray) (Lincoln Center; Lucille Lortel nomination). National tours include Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses. Regional productions include How to Be a Korean Woman (Theater J); Suzan-Lori Parks’ Sally & Tom, Kate Hamill’s Emma, Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexual…, Seamus Heaney’s Burial at Thebes, King Lear (Guthrie Theater); Lloyd Suh’s Bina’s Six Apples (Alliance Theater/Children’s Theatre Company; Suzi Bass Award); Leah Nanako Winkler’s Two Mile Hollow and Qui Nguyen’s Vietgone (Mixed Blood Theater). Film credits include Stay Then Go. TCG Fox Fellow.
Gabriel Ebert
Mike/Tom
GABRIEL EBERT (Mike/Tom) won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical. Other theater credits include The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, Local Hero, Pass Over (Lortel Award), Casa Valentina, Thérèse Raquin, Brief Encounter, Time and the Conways, Preludes, Gently Down the Stream, Prometheus Bound, Peer Gynt, and 4000 Miles (Obie Award). Film/TV credits include “Sinking Spring” (upcoming), “Dickinson,” “Mr. Mercedes,” News of the World, Jane Wants a Boyfriend, “I Am a Seagull,” and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. As a singer, Ebert has performed at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall, and with the New York Philharmonic. Ebert graduated from Juilliard as a member of Group 38.
Leland Fowler
Devon/Nathan
LELAND FOWLER (Devon/Nathan). Off-Broadway credits include Plays for the Plague Year, Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Public); This Land Was Made (Vineyard); one in two (The New Group); Novenas…(Rattlestick); If Pretty Hurts…(Playwrights Horizons); and Measure for Measure (TFANA). Fowler has also performed at Williamstown, Dorset Theatre Festival, St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, McCarter, Yale Rep, and Alliance Theatre. TV credits include “City on a Hill.” Fowler holds a BA from Morehouse College and MFA from Yale School of Drama. Fowler is a member of the Actor’s Center.
Sheria Irving
Lucy/Sally
SHERIA IRVING (Luce/Sally). Broadway credits include Romeo and Juliet. Off-Broadway/Regional credits include White Noise (The Public Theater); While I Yet Live (Primary Stages), Crowndation (National Black Theater, Center Theater Group); Fit for a Queen (Classical Theater of Harlem); and The Model American (Williamstown Theater Festival); Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale (Yale Rep). TV/Film credits include “Kindred,” Bobcat Moretti, “Them,” “Twenties,” “The Good Wife,” and “Madam Secretary.” Irving is the founder of the nonprofit Shaping Her Earth, shapingherearth.org. MFA Yale School of Drama. sheriairving.com
Kristolyn Lloyd
Maggie/Mary
KRISTOLYN LLOYD she/her (Maggie/Mary) is a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actress. Broadway credits include 1776 and Dear Evan Hansen. Lloyd’s Off-Broadway credits include Blue Ridge (Atlantic); Paradise Blue, Confederates (The Signature Theatre); Hamlet (The Public Theater); Invisible Thread (Second Stage Theatre); Heathers: The Musical (New World Stages); Cabin in the Sky (Encores! City Center); and Little Women (Primary Stages). Selected regional productions include Paradise Blue (Williamstown); Witness Uganda (A.R.T.); and Hairspray and Rent (Hollywood Bowl). TV credits include “Random Acts of Flyness,” “Elementary,” “Madam Secretary,” “Kevin Can Wait,” “ER,” “Chicago Med,” and “Lie to Me.” @kristolynlloyd
Peter McNally
Understudy Mike/Tom, Geoff/Cooper/Colonel Carey/Mr. Tobias
PETER MCNALLY he/him (Understudy Mike/Tom, Geoff/Cooper/Colonel Carey/Mr. Tobias). Off-Broadway: Sincerity Forever, Sybil Kemspon’s Sasquatch Rituals. Film: Good One, The Influencer, Mixtape Marauders. BA: Fordham. MFA: NYU.
Alano Miller
Kwame/James
ALANO MILLER (Kwame/James). Theater credits include Tarell Alvin McCraney’s acclaimed Brother/Sister Plays (The McCarter), Broke-ology (Lincoln Center), and Fences. TV credits include “The Morning Show,” “DMZ,” “Dexter: New Blood,” “Cherish the Day,” “The Red Line,” “Jane the Virgin,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Underground” (Hollywood Reporter “30 Emmy Supporting Actor contenders”), and the Emmy-winning “B.A.N.” episode of “Atlanta.” Film credits include Sylvie’s Love, Golden Globe nominee Loving (NAACP Image Award Supporting Actor nomination) and Wish You Well.
Kate Nowlin
Ginger/Patsy
KATE NOWLIN she/her (Ginger/Patsy) performed in The Public’s Sweat Mobile Unit National Tour. Nowlin has performed Off-Broadway at Rattlestick, Atlantic, and Second Stage and regionally at the Guthrie (Sally & Tom premiere), Westport, and Shakespeare Theatre DC (Helen Hayes nominee). Film/TV credits include Lemon Shark (writer/director/composer), The Hunt, Blood Stripe (co-writer/producer), Young Adult, The Adjustment Bureau, “New Amsterdam,” “One Dollar,” “Outsiders,” “Blacklist,” “Ironside,” “The Carrie Diaries,” and “Rubicon.” Nowlin has received a LAFF Jury Award, Audience Award Austin Film Fest, Yale in Hollywood Best Dramatic Film, TCFF Breakout Performance Award, and Knight Foundation Grant. MFA Yale; BFA SMU. katenowlin.com
Daniel Petzold
Geoff/Cooper/Colonel Carey/Mr. Tobias
DANIEL PETZOLD he/him (Geoff, Cooper, Colone. Carey, Tobias). Public debut. Off-Broadway credits include Switzerland (59E59) and Pushkin (american vicarious). His selected regional credits include Sally & Tom, Hamlet, The Importance of Being Earnest (The Guthrie); Airness (Park Square Theatre); American Son (Florida Studio Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse); Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure (The Old Globe); Three Sisters (Berkeley Rep); A Bright New Boise (Aurora); and Another Way Home, Any Given Day (The Magic). Petzold has appeared on TV in “FBI.” He received an MFA from The Old Globe.
Myxolydia Tyler
Understudy Luce/Sally, Maggie/Mary
MYXOLYDIA TYLER (Understudy Luce/Sally, Maggie/Mary). World Premieres: Sally and Tom (Guthrie Theatre); Berta, Berta! (Everyman Theatre); Sheepdog (Contemporary American Theatre). Film: Cathedral. Off-Broadway: Hamlet (The Public), The House That Will Not Stand (MTC reading), A Season to Unravel (Signature Theatre workshop). Television: “Law & Order,” “New Amsterdam,” “Manifest,” “Homeland,” “I am Homicide.” Tyler has been involved with campaigns for Reckitt Benckiser, Golden Corral, Mercedes Benz, and Pandora.
Khiry Walker
Understudy Kwame/James, Devon/Nathan
KHIRY WALKER he/him (Understudy Kwame/James, Devon/Nathan). The Public: Much Ado About Nothing. Off-Broadway: Blues for an Alabama Sky (Keen), Three Musketeers (CTH). TV: “Long Bright River,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” Podcast Series: “Can you dig it?” Mr. Walker thanks his family and friends, classmates and coaches, and his manager for their encouragement and loving support.
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Sally & Tom Production Photos by Joan Marcus
Sally & Tom Rehearsal Photos by Joan Marcus
