Soho Rep's U.S. premiere of Nia Akilah Robinson’s The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) opened March 10 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater Off-Broadway, and the reviews are rolling in. Evren Odcikin is at the helm. See what critics had to say below.
The cast includes Tony nominee Crystal Lucas-Perry (1776, Ain't No Mo') as Mrs. Freeman and Minnie, Clarissa Vickerie as Charity, Holiday as Janitor of Cuffee, and Miles G. Jackson (A Different Man, Problemista) as John. Casting is by Stephanie Yankwitt and Nia Smith of tbd casting co.
Timelines collide in The Great Privation as a mother and daughter stand vigil behind the African Baptist Church in Philadelphia at the grave of a recently deceased loved one. At present day on the same grounds, another strangely familiar mother and daughter work as counselors at what is now a sleepaway camp.
Read the reviews below.
The Front Row Center (Tulis McCall)
Hollywood Soapbox (John Soltes)
New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers)
The New York Times (Laura Collins-Hughes)*
TheaterMania (Kenji Fujishima)
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The creative team includes scenic designer Mariana Sanchez, costume designer Kara Harmon, lighting designer Marika Kent, sound designer Tosin Olufolabi, video designer and programmer Maxwell Bowman, wig and hair designer Cookie Jordan, props supervisor Jackson Berkley, dramaturgy consultant Arminda Thomas, sensitivity specialist Ann C. James, voice and dialect coach Xavier Clark, production stage manager Mars Wolfe, and production managers Lay Hoon Tan and Lauren Parrish.
The Great Privation made its world premiere at Theatre 503 in London. The work is the first production in Soho Rep's multi-year residency at Playwrights Horizons.
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