Naomi Wallace's The Liquid Plain to Make New York Premiere; Casting & Dates Announced
Naomi Wallace's The Liquid Plain will make its New York premiere. Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, the production will play a limited engagement February 17 through March 29. Opening night is scheduled for March 8 at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center.
The cast will include Ito Aghayere (The Tempest) as Dembi, LisaGay Hamilton (ABC’s The Practice) as Bristol, Robert Hogan (ABC’s One Life to Live) as James De Wolfe, Michael Izquierdo (The Wolf of Wall Street) as Cranston, Kristolyn Lloyd (Heathers: The Musical) as Adjua, Karl Miller (Completeness) as Balthazar/William Blake, Tuck Milligan (The First Breeze of Summer) as Gifford, Tara A. Nicolas (The Blacklist) as Guinea Worm, Johnny Ramey (Julius by Design) as Liverpool Joe and Lance Roberts (This Is Where I Leave You) as Nesbitt.
On the docks of late 18th century Rhode Island, two runaway slaves, Adjua and Dembi, plan a desperate and daring run to freedom. When a chance encounter triggers an unexpected collision of worlds, painful truths are uncovered and the brutality of past crimes spills into the next generation.
The production will feature sets by Riccardo Hernandez, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting by Thom Weaver, sound by Shane Rettig and projection by Alex Koch.
