Nat Turner in Jerusalem

Theatre
Name: New York Theatre Workshop
Address: 79 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
Production Information
First performance date: September 7, 2016
Opening date: September 26, 2016
Closing date: October 16, 2016
External Links: Official Website


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Production Description
In August 1831, Nat Turner led a slave uprising that shook the conscience of the nation. Turner's startling account of his prophecy and the insurrection was recorded and published by attorney Thomas R. Gray. NYTW 2050 Fellow Nathan Alan Davis makes his New York debut with a timely new play that imagines Turner’s final night in a jail cell in Jerusalem, Virginia, as he is revisited by Gray and they reckon with what has passed and what the dawn will bring. Woven with vivid imagery and indelible lyricism, Nat Turner in Jerusalem examines the power of an individual's resolute convictions and their seismic reverberations through time.
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
New York Theatre Workshop Producer
James C. Nicola Artistic Director
Jeremy Blocker Managing Director
Linda S. Chapman Associate Artistic Director
  
Nathan Alan Davis Playwright
  
Megan Sandberg-Zakian Director
Rebecca Frank Assistant Director
  
Thomas Schall Fight Director
  
Susan Zeeman Rogers Set Designer
Montana Blanco Costume Designer
Mary Louise Geiger Lighting Designer
Nathan Leigh Sound Designer
Yu-Hsuan Chen Assistant Set Designer
Emily Blumenauer Assistant Costume Designer
Christina Watanabe Assistant Lighting Designer
Emma Wilk Assistant Sound Designer
Jacqueline Bodley Key Art
  
Shelley Miles Stage Manager
Laura Kim Assistant Stage Manager
  
Five OHM Productions Sound Supervisor
Amanda Roberge Wardrobe
  
Dawn-Elin Fraser Dialect Coach

Cast
Actor Role
Phillip James Brannon Nat Turner
Rowan Vickers Thomas R. Gray