Due to popular demand, Theatre for A New Audience's production of Soho Rep.'s An Octoroon has been extended again and will play through March 29, Theatre for a New Audience Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz announced.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's widely acclaimed play, directed by Sarah Benson, Artistic Director, Soho Rep, has played to sold out houses at Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place, since previews began on February 14. The production opened on February 26.
The cast for
Soho Rep.'s An Octoroon includes
Maechi Aharanwa,
Pascale Armand,
Danielle Davenport,
Amber Gray,
Ian Lassiter,
Austin Smith,
Haynes Thigpen, and
Mary Wiseman.
Soho Rep. originally produced the World Premiere of An Octoroon (Opening Night May 4, 2013). It was last season's most exciting new play, winning two OBIE Awards, including Best New American Play. The New York Times called it then "exhilarating" and made it a Critic's Pick, and the Wall Street Journal called it "one of the biggest hits of the season." An Octoroon was also included in the Top Ten 2014 Best Theatre lists of The New York Times, Time Out New York, and The Guardian.
Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins takes on
Dion Boucicault's 1859 play, The Octoroon, about forbidden love and slavery in the American South and "uses the plot of the Irish playwright's antebellum melodrama as the starting point for a bigger, wilder play" (The New Yorker).
In An Octoroon, Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation, Terrebonne, is in financial ruins. Peyton's handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent, and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful "octoroon." But, the evil overseer M'Closky has other plansfor both Terrebonne and Zoe.
The creative team includes
Mimi Lien (sets),
Wade Laboissonniere (costumes),
Matt Frey (lights),
Matt Tierney (sound),
Jeff Sugg (projections),
Cookie Jordan (wigs and makeup), César Alvarez (songs, music, & music director),
J. David Brimmer (fight director),
David Neumann (choreography),
Noah Mease (props),
Lester St. Louis (cellist) and
Amanda Spooner (stage management).
This production is made possible, in part, with major support from
Rosalind P. Walter. Additional support has been provided by members of Theatre for a New Audience's Board of Directors and The Polonsky Foundation. Theatre for a New Audience's New Deal Ticket Program is supported by Macy's. The original
Soho Rep. production of An Octoroon was made possible with lead support from John Adrian Selzer.
Single tickets, on sale now, are $60-$85 and may be purchased online at
www.tfana.org, by phone at 866-811-4111, or in person at the Theatre for a New Audience Box Office (262 Ashland Place). Box office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00pm to 6:00pm. A limited number of premium seats are available for $100. New Deal tickets for ages 30 and under or full-time students of any age are priced at $20 each and can be purchased online, by phone, or in person at the box office. Subscriptions for Theatre for a New Audience's 2014-2015 Season are $147 for a 3-play package and are available by calling (212) 229-2819, ext. 10. For information or to subscribe online, visit
www.tfana.org. Performances are Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 7:30pm, with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00pm.
Pictured: Haynes Thigpen, Austin Smith, and Amber Gray in An Octoroon. Photo by Gerry Goodstein.
