Under This Roof by Barbara Kingsley
818 South 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
The Guthrie Theater Presents a Full Circle Theater Company production of UNDER THIS ROOF by Barbara Kingsley
World Premiere directed by James A. Williams in The Dowling Studio
May 4 - 20, 2018
Tickets: $9 | https://www.guthrietheater.org/ or by phone: 612.377.2224
“This is a love story. It’s about mature love, marriage, romantic love, and familial love,” says director James Williams. Set in the late 1940s against the backdrop of post-WWII recovery in America, this four- character, two-act play takes place in the segregated black neighborhood of Central Cleveland, where characters Mamie and Raymond Warren reside. Mamie desperately needs household help after her husband has a serious accident. On the recommendation of a friend, Mamie hires a down-on-her-luck woman named Bessie, whose arrival brings surprises and new challenges. In this setting, Under this Roof explores themes of mature love, family, disability, and race on an ever-shifting axis, with often-unexpected comic, painful, and heartfelt results.
ARTISTS:
Director: James A. Williams
Assistant Director: Roxane Battle
Cast Members: Yolande Bruce, Brian A. Grandison, Laura Esping, and Nathan R. Stenberg
Dramaturg: Stephanie Lein Walseth
Production Disability Consultant: MacGregor Arney
Designers: Katharine Horowitz, sound; Tom Barrett, lighting; Michael Burden, set and props; Amber Brown, costumes
Performance Dates:
May 4 Friday PREVIEW PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 5 Saturday OPENING PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 6 Sunday PERFORMANCE 7:00 p.m.
May 9 Wednesday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 10 Thursday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 11 Friday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 12 Saturday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 13 Sunday PERFORMANCE 7:00 p.m.
May 16 Wednesday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 17 Thursday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m. **ASL Interpreted, Audio Described, Open Captioned
May 18 Friday PERFORMANCE 7:30 p.m.
May 19 Saturday 2 PERFORMANCES 1:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
May 20 Sunday FINAL PERFORMANCE 1:00 p.m.