Production History
The world premiere of The Liquid Plain was produced by Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Bill Rauch, Artistic Director; Cynthia Rider, Executive Director) in Ashland, Oregon, on July 2, 2013. It was directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. The scenic design was by Brenda Davis, the costume design was by Constanza Romero, the lighting design was by Christopher Akerlind, the sound design and original music were by Victoria Deiorio and the projection and video design were by Alex Koch; the dramaturg was Julie Felise Dubiner and the stage manager was D. Christian Bolender. The cast was:
ADJUA |
June Carryl |
DEMBI |
Kimberly Scott |
CRANSTON |
Danforth Comins |
BALTHAZAR/WILLIAM BLAKE |
Armando Durán |
LIVERPOOL JOE |
Kevin Kenerly |
BRISTOL |
Bakesta King |
JAMES DE WOLFE |
Michael Winters |
NESBITT |
Josiah Phillips |
GIFFORD |
Richard Elmore |
ENSEMBLE |
June Carryl, Kevin Kenerly |
The New York premiere of The Liquid Plain was produced by Signature Theatre (James Houghton, Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) on March 8, 2015. It was directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. The scenic design was by Riccardo Hernandez, the costume design was by Paul Tazewell, the lighting design was by Thom Weaver, the sound design and original music were by Shane Rettig and the projection design was by Alex Koch; the production stage manager was Cole P. Bonenberger. The cast was:
ADJUA |
Kristolyn Lloyd |
DEMBI |
Ito Aghayere |
CRANSTON |
Michael Izquierdo |
BALTHAZAR/WILLIAM BLAKE |
Karl Miller |
LIVERPOOL JOE |
Johnny Ramey |
BRISTOL |
LisaGay Hamilton |
JAMES DE WOLFE |
Robert Hogan |
NESBITT |
Lance Roberts |
GIFFORD |
Tuck Milligan |
THE SHADOW |
Tara A. Nicolas |
The role of Bristol was originally written for LisaGay Hamilton.