Paradise Blue

Theatre

Name:	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
Address:	480 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	April 24, 2018
Opening date:	May 14, 2018
Closing date:	June 17, 2018
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

In 1949, Detroit’s Blackbottom neighborhood is gentrifying. Blue, a troubled trumpeter and the owner of Paradise Club, is torn between remaining in Blackbottom with his loyal lover Pumpkin and leaving behind a traumatic past. But when the arrival of a mysterious woman stirs up tensions, the fate of Paradise Club hangs in the balance. Paradise Blue is the first production of Obie Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau’s Signature Residency. Directed by Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (The Piano Lesson, Jitney), it is a thrilling and timely look at the changes a community endures to find its resilience.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Signature Theatre	Producer
	Beth Whitaker	Associate Artistic Director

	Dominique Morisseau	Playwright
	Kenny Rampton	Original Music

	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Director
	Bill Sims Jr.	Musical Director
	Gabriel Vega Weissman	Assistant Director

	Thomas Schall	Fight Director

	Neil Patel	Set Designer
	Clint Ramos	Costume Designer
	Rui Rita	Lighting Designer
	Darron L West	Sound Designer
	Charles G. LaPointe	Hair & Wig
	Catherine McRea	Assistant Set Designer
	Asa Benally	Assistant Costume Designer
	Michael A. Megliola	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Stephen Dee	Associate Sound Designer

	Gilbert Medina	General Manager
	Boneau/Bryan-Brown	Press Representative

	Laura Wilson	Production Stage Manager
	Lindsay Eberly	Assistant Stage Manager

	Paul Ziemer	Director of Production

	Jenna Clark Embrey	Dramaturg
	Caparelliotis Casting	Casting

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Francois Battiste	P-Sam
	Kristolyn Lloyd	Pumpkin
	Simone Missick	Silver
	J. Alphonse Nicholson	Blue
	Keith Randolph Smith	Corn

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2019 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Play	Signature Theatre	Producer
			Dominique Morisseau	Playwright
			Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Director
2	NOMINATED	2019 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance	Keith Randolph Smith	Actor
3	NOMINATED	2018 AUDELCO Award, Director/Dramatic Production	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Director
4	NOMINATED	2018 AUDELCO Award, Playwright	Dominique Morisseau	Playwright
5	NOMINATED	2018 AUDELCO Award, Outstanding Ensemble Performance
6	NOMINATED	2018 AUDELCO Award, Best Play	Signature Theatre	Producer

Notes

Residency Five