Pay the Writer

Theatre

Name:	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
Address:	480 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	August 13, 2023
Opening date:	August 21, 2023
Closing date:	September 30, 2023
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Bruston Fischer is a young gay man suffering from social persecution while trying to make it in publishing when he first meets Cyrus Holt some 40 years earlier. Cyrus is a gifted Black writer trying to get his talent noticed in a world that wants to ignore his existence. Through their unique friendship, the pair find literary success and the most stable relationship either will ever have. Yet when talent, business and love intertwine, missteps occur and, inevitably regrets often follow. Triumph and loss become blurred as we sort through the challenges of the human condition.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Brenda Braxton	Producer
	Giles Cole	Producer
	Alexander (Sandy) Marshall	Producer
	Mitchell Maxwell	Producer

	Tawni O’Dell	Playwright

	Karen Carpenter	Director

	David Gallo	Set Designer
	David C. Woolard	Costume Designer
	Christopher Akerlind	Lighting Designer
	Bill Toles	Sound Designer
	Yuki Nakamura	Props Designer

	Aaron Grant Theatrical, Inc.	General Manager

	Bill Toles	Production Manager

	Robin Carus Casting	Casting

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Bryan Batt	Bruston Fischer
	Ron Canada	Cyrus Holt
	Marcia Cross	Lana Holt
	Steven Hauck	Jean Luc
	Miles G. Jackson	Young Bruston/Taz
	Stephen Payne	Homeless Man
	Danielle J. Summons	Gigi
	Garrett Turner	Young Cyrus