Performances began October 29 at The Public Theater for the Off-Broadway revival of A Bright Room Called Day by Pulitzer Prize winner . Helmed by Artistic Director , this new version of Kushner's first play鈥攐riginally about the possibility of the Reagan counter-revolution giving rise to American fascism鈥攕hines a light on the vulnerability of American democracy today.
A Bright Room Called Day features a cast made up of Tony winner () as Agnes Eggling, (The Last Ship) as Vealtninc Hus, Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot) as Paulinka Erdnuss, Crystal Lucas-Perry (Ain't No Mo') as Zillah, Nadine Malouf (queens) as Rosa Malek, Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) as Gottfried Swetts, () as Gregor Bazwald, Max Woertendyke (Illyria) as Emil Traum, as Annabella Gotchling, Jonathan Hadary as Xillah, and Oscar winner as Die 脛lte.
In A Bright Room Called Day, Agnes, an actor in Weimar Germany, and her cadre of passionate, progressive friends, are torn between protest, escape, and survival as the world they knew crumbles around them. Her story is interrupted by an American woman enraged by the cruelty of the Reagan administration, and a new character, grappling with the anxiety, distraction, hope, and hopelessness of an artist facing the once unthinkable rise of authoritarianism in modern America.
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The Public Theater revival features scenic design by , co-costume design by and Sarita Fellows, lighting design by John Torres, sound design by Bray Poor, projection design by Lucy Mackinnon, and hair, wig and makeup design by .
