Primary Trust at Three Bone Theatre

Primary Trust

Written by Eboni Booth

Directed by Tiffany Bryant-Jackson

https://www.threebonetheatre.com/events/2526/primary-trust

Starring

Miles Thompson as Kenneth

Marvin King as Bert

Frandasia Williams* as Corrina/Wally’s Waiter/Bank Customers

Tim Huffman as Clay/Sam/Le Pousselet Bartender

*indicates Three Bone Theatre debut

February 6-22, 2026

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Sundays at 2 p.m.

Performances will be held at

The Arts Factory

1545 W. Trade St

WINNER- 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

WINNER- 2024 Outer Critics Circle Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Edgerton Foundation New Play Award

Do you have the courage to change? Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar. When he’s suddenly laid off, Kenneth finally begins to face a world he's long avoided – with transformative and even comical results.

Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Primary Trust is a touching and inventive play about new beginnings, old friends and seeing the world for the first time. The New York Observer says, “it will restore your faith in theatre’s elemental storytelling powers.” This production includes themes of grief, mental health, loneliness, and emotional trauma. It contains moments of strong language and depictions of isolation and personal struggle. Recommended for ages 14+

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“NYC’s best new play... beautifully written... a 95-minute, intermission less, buffed-to-gleaming jewel.” - THE DAILY BEAST

“The glory of both the writing and acting was in letting us experience the character’s sadness and, even more, the hard work behind his efforts to stay afloat in a painful world.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Tender, touching... Eboni Booth has created Kenneth’s world with loving attention to detail... Primary Trust explores the terrain of loneliness and the gentle joy of connection between one human being and another.” - THEATER PIZZAZZ

“Eboni Booth’s portrait of one man's loneliness and the danger of coping mechanisms will restore your faith in theater’s elemental storytelling powers." - THE OBSERVER