Photo Flash: 'FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS' Opens at the Taper
By: BWW News Desk Apr. 18, 2016
Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks' poignant new drama, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3) opened last Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Directed by Jo Bonney, the West Coast premiere of "Father Comes Home..." plays through May 15. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening festivities below!
The production features, in alphabetical order, Steven Bargonetti ("Father Comes Home...," Public Theater; "Hair," Broadway), Sterling K. Brown ("Father Comes Home...," Public Theater; "The People v. O.J. Simpson," FX), Russell G. Jones ("Father Comes Home...," Public Theater; "Ruined," Manhattan Theatre Company, Obie Award), Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris ("The Emperor Jones," Irish Repertory Theatre; "Advantageous," Sundance Special Jury Award),Michael McKean ("Better Call Saul," AMC; "This is Spinal Tap;" "Harps and Angels," Mark Taper Forum), Patrena Murray ("Father Comes Home...," ART; "Julius Caesar," Irondale Center), Tonye Patano ("Father Comes Home...," Public Theater; "Weeds," Showtime), Larry Powell ("The Christians," Mark Taper Forum; "The Mountaintop," Actors Theatre of Louisville),Roger Robinson ("Joe Turner's Come and Gone," Tony Award; "Seven Guitars," Tony nomination), Julian Rozzell Jr. ("Father Comes Home...," Public Theater; "Boardwalk Empire," HBO) and Josh Wingate ("Justified," FX; "General Hospital").
Scenic design is by Neil Patel, costume design is by ESosa, lighting design is by Lap Chi Chu, sound design is by Dan Moses Schreier and Bargonetti is the music director. Casting is by Meg Fister and the production stage manager is Evangeline Rose Whitlock.
In this devastatingly beautiful new play set during the Civil War, a slave named Hero (played bySterling K. Brown) is offered his freedom if he joins his master (Michael McKean) in the ranks of the Confederacy. The choice is to leave the woman and people he loves for what may be an empty promise. His decision brings him face to face not only with a nation at war with itself, but with what freedom truly means.
Tickets for "Father Comes Home From The Wars" are available by calling (213) 628-2772 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org. Tickets range from $25 - $85 (ticket prices are subject to change). The Mark Taper Forum is located at the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. 90012.
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging
Cast member Sterling K. Brown, director Jo Bonney, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and cast member Michael McKean
Cast member Sterling K. Brown, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and cast member Michael McKean
Actress Annette O'Toole, cast member Michael McKean and CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie
Cast members Sterling K. Brown and Michael McKean
Cast members Sterling K. Brown and Michael McKean
Cast members Larry Powell and Sterling K. Brown
Cast members Larry Powell, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and Sterling K. Brown
Cast members Larry Powell, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and Sterling K. Brown
Cast members Tonye Patano and Sterling K. Brown, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and cast member Michael McKean
Director Jo Bonney and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks
Cast members Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and Sterling K. Brown
Cast members Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris and Sterling K. Brown
Cast members Larry Powell and Sterling K. Brown
Cast members Larry Powell and Sterling K. Brown
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and U.S. Congresswoman Diane Watson
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and cast member Michael McKean
Cast members Larry Powell and Tonye Patano
Cast member Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris
Cast member Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris
Cast member Larry Powell
Cast member Larry Powell
Actor Barry McGovern
CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and actor Eric Bogosian
Actress Annette O'Toole and cast member Michael McKean
U.S. Congresswoman Diane Watson
Actor Richard Montoya, CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, CTG Associate Artistic Director Kelley Kirkpatrick and actor Roger Guenveur Smith
Cast member Josh Wingate
Cast member/music director Steven Bargonetti
Cast member/music director Steven Bargonetti
Cast member Patrena Murray
Cast member Julian Rozzell Jr.
Cast member Julian Rozzell Jr.
Cast members Patrena Murray and Julian Rozzell Jr.
Cast members Patrena Murray, Julian Rozzell Jr. and Roger Robinson
Cast members Patrena Murray, Julian Rozzell Jr., Roger Robinson and Ebony Repertory Theatre Founder/Producer Wren T. Brown
Cast member Roger Robinson and Ebony Repertory Theatre Founder/Producer Wren T. Brown
Actress Mae Whitman
Actor Richard Montoya
Actors Richard Montoya and Roger Guenveur Smith
Actress Marg Helgenberger
Actress Marg Helgenberger
Actor Rod McLachlan
Actor Eric Bogosian
=CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and CTG Board Member Sue Tsau
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