Casting Complete for Playwrights Horizons' Inked Baby, Starring LaChanze

Casting is complete for Playwrights Horizons’ forthcoming world premiere production of Christina Anderson’s Inked Baby, starring Tony Award winner LaChanze. The play is set to begin previews on March 5 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre and will open on March 23, playing through April 5. Kate Whoriskey is the director.

Joining LaChanze will be Obie Award winner Nikkole Salter In the Continuum, Angela Lewis Hoodoo Love, Caligula Nana Mensah 365 Days/365 Plays, Tobias Truvillion TV’s One Life to Live National Black Theatre’s Sango, Michael Genet TV’s House of Payne, off-Broadway’s A Soldier’s Play, The Colored Museum and Damon Gupton Off-Broadway’s The Story, True History and Real Adventures, Treason.

In Inked Baby, stuck for money and unable to conceive, Gloria LaChanze enlists the aid of her sister Lewis to make the child that she and her husband Gupton can’t. As they uneasily await the baby’s arrival, a mysterious contamination spreads outside. But consumed by their own struggles, is anyone paying attention?

The production will feature scenic design by Andromarche Chalfant, costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Jason Lyons and sound design by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen. Production Stage Manager is Kasey Ostopchuck.