The Willard Suitcases at American Shakespeare Center
Dates: (9/25/2019 - 12/1/2019 )
American Shakespeare Center |
Blackfriars Playhouse 10 S. Market Street
Staunton,VA 24401
Phone: 877.MUCH.ADO
Tickets: Tickets as low as $29
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In 1995, a handful of forgotten suitcases were discovered in the recently closed Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York, untouched since their owners checked in many years before. Inspired by the photographs of these bags taken by Jon Crispin, The Willard Suitcases is a world-premiere musical that imagines the lives that packed these bags, some funny, some strange, some tragic, and all very, very human. Ethan McSweeny directs this world premiere musical written by lauded composer/lyricist Julianne Wick Davis (NY Times Critics Pick, Jeff, Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Award winner) and featuring the Olivier, Drama Desk, and Helen Hayes award-nominated Nancy Anderson (West Ends Kiss Me Kate, Broadways Sunset Boulevard).
Ages: Contains some adult content. ASC welcomes ages 7+
Cast and Creative team for The Willard Suitcases at American Shakespeare Center
ARTISTIC TEAM
Composer/Lyricist -- Julianne Wick Davis
Director -- Ethan McSweeny
Costume Designer -- Tracey Christensen
CAST
Nancy Anderson * -- Agnes, Laverne, Ensemble
Leighton Brown* -- Mary, Ensemble
Brandon Carter* -- Ausborne, Frank, Ensemble
Sylvie Davidson* -- Pearl, Anna, Ensemble
John Harrell -- Herman, John, Ensemble
Chris Johnston -- Delmar, Ensemble
David Anthony Lewis* -- Henry, Lawrence, Ensemble
Ronald Román-Meléndez -- Fred, Earl, Michael, Ensemble
Annabelle Rollison -- Flora, Ensemble
Zoe Speas -- Irma, Ensemble
Constance Swain -- Nora, Ensemble
Alexandra Stroud, Michael Ryan Blackwood -- Swings
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
News About The Willard Suitcases at American Shakespeare Center
American Shakespeare Center Has Announced Principal Casting For Marquee Repertory Season
January 13, 2020American Shakespeare Center launches the 2020 Marquee Repertory season this summer navigating the waters of Venice, the glittering locale of Shakespeare's Othello and The Merchant of Venice and Ben Jonson's Volpone. In the fall, the world premiere of Keene, a companion play to Othello by breakout playwright Anchuli Felicia King, joins the repertory.
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August 20, 20192014 Wall Street Journal director of the year Eric Tucker brings his irreverent embrace of Shaw's whimsy to American Shakespeare Center (ASC) with a production of Caesar and Cleopatra sure to leave audiences breathless with laughter and enthralled by the ensemble's imagination and versatility.
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