Previews are underway for Classic Stage Company's production of Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness, which marks the New York directorial debut of Tony winner LaChanze (The Color Purple), and 半岛体育 has a first look at the production.
Olivia Washington (I'm a Virgo, Slave Play) and Grantham Coleman (The Great Society, Rustin) star as, respectively, Tommy and Bill, joined by Brooks Brantly (Sweat, Ghosts) as Sonny-man, Lakisha Michelle May (Jaja鈥檚 African Hair Braiding, Skeleton Crew) as Cynthia, and Milton Craig Nealy (Caroline, or Change; Once on This Island) as Oldtimer. Casting is by X Casting's Victor Vazquez.
Check out photos from the play, which will officially open March 24 for a limited engagement through April 13 at CSC鈥檚 Lynn F. Angelson Theater, in the gallery below.
Brooks Brantly and Lakisha Michelle May in Wine in the Wilderness
Grantham Coleman and Olivia Washington in Wine in the Wilderness
Grantham Coleman in Wine in the Wilderness
Grantham Coleman in Wine in the Wilderness
Lakisha Michelle May and Brooks Brantly in Wine in the Wilderness
Milton Craig Nealy in Wine in the Wilderness
Olivia Washington and Lakisha Michelle May in Wine in the Wilderness
Company of Wine in the Wilderness
Set against the backdrop of the 1964
Harlem riot, Wine in the Wilderness follows artist Bill Jameson, whose friends have just introduced him to a
model for the final piece of his triptych on Black womanhood. But this
woman, Tomorrow Marie, is no mere muse, and she鈥檚 about to give Bill
much more than he bargained for.
Director LaChanze starred in the 2021 Broadway premiere of the late Childress' Trouble in Mind, earning a Tony nomination for her performance. Her creative team for Wine in the Wilderness includes scenic designer Arnulfo Maldonado (Trouble in Mind), costume designer Dede Ayite (Jaja鈥檚 African Hair Braiding), lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew (Kimberly Akimbo), sound designer Bill Toles (Kowalski), and wig/hair designer Nikiya Mathis (Jaja鈥檚 African Hair Braiding).
Jason Weixelman is the production stage manager.
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