Photos: Denée Benton, Blankson-Wood and More in PERICLES
Performances will run from tonight, August 29, through Tuesday, September 2.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Aug. 29, 2025
You can now get a first look at PERICLES: A Public Works Concert Experience, which will run for free at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for five performances only, from tonight, August 29, through Tuesday, September 2. See photos here!
A new adaptation with music and lyrics by Troy Anthony, choreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, and direction by Carl Cofield, the production features more than 100 New Yorkers from all five boroughs. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed. There is no ticket distribution, and a reservation is not required. Learn more.
This season’s Public Works production is a powerful concert experience of PERICLES, the Bard’s epic about losing and re-discovering faith. Reconceived by playwright and songwriter Troy Anthony, this magnificent new production performed by Public Works community members from all over New York City, is a celebration of life, love, and transformation. Inspired by Gospel music and the rousing power of the Black church, this new concert adaptation will be performed in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem Carl Cofield directs.
The cast of PERICLES includes Denée Benton (Thaisa), Ato Blankson-Wood (Pericles), Lori Brown-Niang (Bawd), Kenneth Collins (Simonides), Allyson Kaye Daniel (Understudy Gower/Thaisa/Diana), Amina Faye (Marina), Joel Frost (Cleon), Debra Harewood (Helicanus), Crystal Lucas-Perry (Gower), Erika Myers (Dionyza), Alex Newell (Diana), and Stephen Scott Wormley (Understudy Pericles). They are joined by 100 New Yorkers from all five boroughs.
Photo Credit: Marc J. Franklin
The company
Ato Blankson-Wood and Denée Benton
Amina Faye and Wil Lowe (center) and the company
Vivian Jett Brown
Denée Benton (center) and the company
Ato Blankson-Wood and Crystal Lucas-Perry
Amina Faye and Eric Herrera
Crystal Lucas-Perry (center) and the company
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