Virtue, a new play by Emily Bohannon, has been adapted for a virtually produced medium that has dominated how theatre is made in 2020. The stream will be available October 16 on . Get an exclusive first look in the trailer above.
In the play, Paten Hughes plays Keira, who is faced with the reconciliation between money and self-worth after her boss (played by Drama Desk nominee ) outsources her job to the Philippines-based Efren (Miss Saigon alum ). Three-time Tony nominee Joshua Henry plays Andre, Keira鈥檚 boyfriend; the cast also includes Dan Abeles, Jasmine Batchelor, Patricia Black, Linda Powell, and Auden Thornton.
The production and streaming platform will partner with a number of nonprofit theatre companies鈥攊ncluding the New York-based Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Miranda Theatre Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, and AMiOs Theater Company鈥攖hat will each offer tickets to subscribers and receive a portion of ticket revenue.
Valentina Fratti directs the production, which was shot remotely by the individual performers during the pandemic. The production team also includes producers Corey Tatarczuk, Hughes, Rufus Lusk, Michael Melamedoff, and Adrian Selkowitz (also director of photography), editor Rebecca Beluk, production designer Angel Herrera, and graphic designer David Ahuja.
