Anonymous – 9/10 – Danny and the Deep Blue Sea – Mint Theater Company’s ‘Partnership’– MTC’s JaJa’s African Hair Braiding
spit&vigor is thrilled to announce the NYC premiere of Anonymous, written and directed by Nick Thomas. Performances for this limited engagement series begin with an opening weekend Friday August 25th and Saturday 26th. Followed by regular monthly performances. This exciting, site-specific production takes place at spit&vigor’s tiny baby black box theater (58 Second Ave BROOKLYN, NY 11211, Studio 5818). Seating is extremely limited. This deeply intimate play brings you front and center to witness an addiction support group. It follows the success of Marooned! where the audience was embedded on a desert island. For advance reservations, visit www.spitnvigor.com/anonymous
9/10 – a new play by Richard Willett tells four stories set in the World Trade Center on the night before September 11, 200. It will be given its world-premiere Off-Broadway this summer, with preview performances beginning August 24 prior to its official opening on August 28 at the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond St.), marking the return to the New York stage of the new play company NEW DIRECTIONS THEATER following a ten-year absence, it has been announced by Eliza Beckwith, a co-founder of NEW DIRECTIONS, and director of 9/10.
The cast of 9/10 features Jessie Barnes, Jr, Sean Gordon, Royce Thomas Johnson, Chandini Prakash, Kimberly Prentice, Vincent Rame, Alexandra Salter and Milai Taguchi. The design team includes sets by Maureen Weiss, lights by Ethan Samaha, costumes by Kim B. Walker and sound by Jay Cowit. Tickets through www.eventbrite.com Info: Visit www.newdirectionstheater.org
The full cast for the world premiere of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White has been announced. The cast of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will feature Brittany Adebumola (“The Other Black Girl”), Maechi Aharanwa (The Misanthrope), Rachel Christopher (for colored girls who have considered suicide/…), Kalyne Coleman (“So Help Me Todd”), Somi Kakoma (Dreaming Zenzile), Lakisha May (Skeleton Crew), Nana Mensah (“Presumed Innocent”), Michael Oloyede (Inanimate), Dominique Thorne (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)and Zenzi Williams (Mobile Unit of Henry V).
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will begin previews on Tuesday, September 12 and open on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). This dazzling world premiere welcomes you into Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem where every day, a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrant hair braiders are creating masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish and secrets will be revealed.
An Off-Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, starring Aubrey Plaza as Roberta – in her stage debut – and Christopher Abbott as Danny. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea will begin performances on Monday, October 30, 2023, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NY, NY 10014) ahead of an opening night on Monday, November 13, with direction by Jeff Ward, in his stage directorial debut, and movement by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. Tickets are now available at www.DannyAndTheDeepBlueSea.com.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is partnering with TodayTix to host a Lottery offering the chance to purchase specially priced $42 tickets. To access the Lottery, audiences need to download the TodayTix app (for IOS or Android)
Mint Theater Company (Jonathan Bank, Producing Artistic Director) announced the cast for the American Premiere of Elizabeth Baker’s Partnership. Directed by Jackson Grace Gay, the cast features Gina Daniels, Joshua Echebiri, Gene Gillette, Olivia Gilliatt, Sara Haider, Christiane Noll, Tom Patterson, and Madeline Seidman. Performances will begin September 30th and continue through November 12th at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and Dyer Avenues) Opening Night is set for October 19th. Tickets are on sale now.
