“‘Ravishing’ is the best word for Stephens Karam’s new comedy…. At once deep, deft, and beautifully made.”
Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sons of the Prophet, by Stephen Karam (Speech & Debate), is a refreshingly honest take on how we cope with wounds that just won't heal.
If to live is to suffer, then Joseph Douaihy is more alive than most. With unexplained chronic pain and the fate of his reeling family on his shoulders, Joseph's health, sanity, and insurance premium are on the line. In an age when modern medicine has a cure for just about everything, Sons of the Prophet is the funniest play about human suffering you're likely to see.
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“The first important new play of the fall season.”
![Two men in a buststation looking at one another. One man stands while the other sits on a red bench.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Sons-of-the-Prophet/Prophets050r.jpg)
Jonathan Louis Dent, Chris Perfetti, Santino Fontana, and Yusef Bulos
Photo by Joan Marcus![A woman smiles while sitting at an ornate desk reading a magazine.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Sons-of-the-Prophet/Prophets001r.jpg)
Joanna Gleason
Photo by Joan Marcus![An older man reading a book on a couch when a younger man sits beside him.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Sons-of-the-Prophet/Prophets034r.jpg)
Chris Perfetti and Yusef Bulos
Photo by Joan Marcus![Two men standing a bus station, one talking while the other has a paper in his hand. Both of them are wearing winter coats.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Sons-of-the-Prophet/Prophets021r1.jpg)
Santino Fontana and Charles Socarides
Photo by Joan Marcus![Two women sitting at a desk looking surprised with two microphones in front of them](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Sons-of-the-Prophet/Prophets083r.jpg)
Dee Nelson and Lizbeth Mackay
Photo by Joan Marcus![Two men in a buststation looking at one another. One man stands while the other sits on a red bench.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Sons-of-the-Prophet/Prophets137r.jpg)
Santino Fontana and Charles Socarides
Photo by Joan MarcusSons of the Prophet Cast
- Bill
- Yusef Bulos
- Vin
- Jonathan Louis Dent
- Joseph
- Santino Fontana
- Gloria
- Joanna Gleason
- Mrs. McAndrew
- Lizbeth Mackay
- Dr. Manor
- Dee Nelson
- Charles
- Chris Perfetti
- Timothy
- Charles Socarides
Sons of the Prophet Creative
- Playwright
- Stephen Karam
- Director
- Peter Dubois
- Set Designer
- Anna Louizos
- Costume Designer
- Bobby Frederick Tilley II
- Lighting Designer
- Japhy Weideman
- Sound Designer
- M. L. Dogg
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Presented at
Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre
111 West 46th Street, New York, NY
between 6th and 7th Avenues