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Photos: SLAVE PLAY Celebrates Re-Opening Night on Broadway

Slave Play is currently playing at the August Wilson Theatre.

Slave Play, the ground-breaking work by Tony Award nominee Jeremy O. Harris under the direction of Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara, re-opened just last night at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street).

The cast of Slave Play features Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Jonathan Higginbotham, Devin Kawaoka, Tony Award nominee Chalia La Tour, Irene Sofia Lucio, Tony Award nominee Annie McNamara, and Paul Alexander Nolan. Slave Play features understudies Eboni Flowers, Blake Russell, Luigi Sottile, Elizabeth Stahlmann, and Galen J. Williams.

Following the run at the August Wilson Theatre, the Broadway production, under the direction of O'Hara, will travel to Los Angeles as part of Center Theatre Group's upcoming Mark Taper Forum season. Casting for the CTG run of Slave Play will be announced shortly.

Slave Play received 12 Tony Award nominations, the most for any play in Broadway history and the 2019 production was the best reviewed play of the year.

Over one explosive weekend, three interracial couples inhabit the confines of a sprawling Southern plantation. As the heat is turned up on their volatile relationships, the line between fantasy and reality blurs and history begins to repeat itself.

The 2019 production of Slave Play began previews at Broadway's Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, opened to rave reviews on Sunday, October 6, 2019, and played the final performance of its hit engagement on Sunday, January 19, 2020.

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Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

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Signage at The August Wilson Theater

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Max von Essen

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Max von Essen

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Tony Marion and Scott Pask

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Will Hochman

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Will Hochman

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Harrison Ball and Zac Posen

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Shereen Pimentel

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Clint Ramos

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Clint Ramos

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Dominique Morisseau

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David Henry Hwang

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Rebecca Naomi Jones

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Rebecca Naomi Jones and mom Susan

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Oliver Roth and David Manella

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David Manella and Oliver Roth

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Nick Westrate

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Nick Westrate

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Mallory Portnoy

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Roe Hartrampf

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Roe Hartrampf

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Max Jenkins

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Sophia Anne Caruso

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Sophia Anne Caruso

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George Takei

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George Takei

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Carlos E. Gonzalez and Kurt Crowley

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Kevin J. Zambrano, Carlos E. Gonzalez and Marc Crousillat

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Juliana Canfield

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Juliana Canfield

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Andrew Burnap

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Jordan Roth

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Jordan Roth

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Jordan Roth

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Richie Jackson and Jordan Roth

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Mark Ronson and Grace Gummer

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Mark Ronson and Grace Gummer

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Isaiah Johnson

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Jeremy O. Harris

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Jeremy O. Harris and Jordan Roth

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Jeremy O. Harris and Jordan Roth

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Arvand Khosravi and Jeremy O. Harris

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Christopher Tierney

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Irene Sofia Lucio, Ato Blankson-Wood, Jonathan Higginbotham, Paul Alexander Nolan, Antoinette Crowe Legacy, Annie McNamara, Devin Kawaoka and Chalia La Tour

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Jeremy O. Harris

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Jeremy O. Harris and the company

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Jeremy O. Harris and the company

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Jeremy O. Harris and the company

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Meryl Streep and Jeremy O. Harris

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Jeremy O. Harris and Janicza Bravo

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Janicza Bravo and Alison Pill

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Jason Tam and Nick Westrate

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Galen J. William

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Devin Kawaoka

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Paul Alexander Nolan

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Jonathan Higginbotham

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Annie McNamara and Jonathan Higginbotham

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Annie McNamara

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Chalia La Tour

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Irene Sofia Lucio

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Chalia La Tour and Irene Sofia Lucio

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Chalia La Tour, Ato Blankson-Wood and Irene Sofia Lucio

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Ato Blankson-Wood

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Edmund Donovan and Kara Young

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Kara Young

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Kara Young

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Edmund Donovan, Juliana Canfield and Andrew Burnap

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Antoinette Crowe Legacy

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Antoinette Crowe Legacy

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Elizabeth Stahlmann

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Elizabeth Stahlmann

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Leanne Antonio and Emilie Kouatchou

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Emilie Kouatchou

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Emilie Kouatchou

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Blake Russell

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Blake Russell

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Luigi Sottile

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Luigi Sottile

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Antoinette Crowe Legacy and Meryl Streep

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Brandi Burkhardt and Luigi Sottile

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Jonathan Higginbotham, Brad Fleischer and Rajiv Joseph

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Greg Nobile and Oliver Roth

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Producer Greg Nobile, Playwright Jeremy O. Harris, Arvand Khosravi and Janicza Bravo

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Producer Greg Nobile and Playwright Jeremy O. Harris

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Ato Blankson-Wood and Nicole Lewis

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Roe Hartrampf and Paul Alexander Nolan

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Keely Hutton and Paul Alexander Nolan



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