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Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater

Performances run  now through Sunday, May 12, 2024. 

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All new photos have been released from Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award–winning acclaimed musical, A Strange Loop, making its West Coast premiere at A.C.T.’s Toni Rembe Theater (415 Geary St., San Francisco) now through Sunday, May 12, 2024. 

Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning, blisteringly funny masterwork exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes. Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher wrestles with the thoughts in his head, brought to life on stage by a hilarious, straight-shooting ensemble. Direct from Broadway and the West End to San Francisco, A Strange Loop is the big, Black, and queer-ass Great American Musical for all!

Photo Credit: Alessandra Mello

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(front) Malachi McCaskill (Usher) with (L-R) Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), and J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(front) Malachi McCaskill (Usher) with (L-R) Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6), Tarra Conner Jones (Thought 1), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3), and J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(front) Malachi McCaskill (Usher) with Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2), Tarra Conner Jones (Thought 1), and Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(L-R): J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2), Tarra Conner Jones (Thought 1), Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), Malachi McCaskill (Usher), Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), and Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
Malachi McCaskill (Usher)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(L-R): Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3), J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2), Malachi McCaskill (Usher), Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6), Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), and John- Andrew Morrison (Thought 4)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
Jordan Barbour (Thought 5) and Malachi McCaskill (Usher)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
Malachi McCaskill and the cast

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(front) Malachi McCaskill (Usher) with Tarra Conner Jones (Thought 1), Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3), J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2), and Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(L-R): J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2), Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3), Malachi McCaskill (Usher), Tarra Conner Jones (Thought 1), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), and Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6)

Photos: First Look at A STRANGE LOOP at American Conservatory Theater Image
(L-R): Avionce Hoyles (Thought 3), Jordan Barbour (Thought 5), J. Cameron Barnett (Thought 2), Tarra Conner Jones (Thought 1), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), and Jamari Johnson Williams (Thought 6)








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