Jitney
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Previews Began: December 28, 2016
Opening Night: January 19, 2017
Closing Night: March 12, 2017
Playwright: August Wilson
Music: Bill Sims, Jr.
Set in the early 1970s, this richly textured piece follows a group of men trying to eke out a living by driving unlicensed cabs, or jitneys. When the city threatens to board up the business and the boss’ son returns from prison, tempers flare, potent secrets are revealed and the fragile threads binding these people together may come undone at last.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Harvy Blanks Shealy
Anthony Chisholm Fielding
Brandon J. Dirden Booster
André Holland Youngblood
Carra Patterson Rena
Michael Potts Turnbo
Keith Randolph Smith Doub
Ray Anthony Thomas Philmore
John Douglas Thompson Becker
Understudies: Jerome Preston Bates (Becker), Brian D. Coats (Fielding, Shealy, Philmore), Mandi Masden (Rena), Stephen Tyrone Williams (Youngblood, Booster)
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