Sterling K. Brown & More Will Star in Public Theater's Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

The complete cast is now set for the Public Theater’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks' previously reported Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3). Directed by Jo Bonney, the show will feature Sterling K. Brown and more and begin previews on October 14. Opening night is set for October 28 at off-Broadway's Anspacher Theater, where it will run through November 16.

Joining Brown as Hero will be Louis Cancelmi as Smith, Peter Jay Fernandez as Oldest Old Man, Jeremie Harris as Homer, Russell G. Jones as Leader/Runaway, Jenny Jules as Penny, Ken Marks as Colonel, Jacob Ming-Trent as Fourth/Odyssey Dog, Tonye Patano as Third Runaway and Julian Rozzell Jr. as Second Runaway.

Father Comes Home From the Wars consists of three plays performed as one. In Part 1, “A Measure of Man,” Hero, a slave who is accustomed to his master’s lies, must now decide whether to join him on the Confederate battlefield in exchange for a promise of freedom. Part 2, "The Battle in the Wilderness" follows Hero and the Colonel as they lead a captured Union solider toward the Confederate lines as the cannons approach. Finally, in Part 3, “The Union of My Confederate Parts," the loved ones Hero left behind question whether to escape or wait for his return - only to discover that for Hero, freedom may have come at a great spiritual cost.