Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece finally arrives on Broadway in a “blistering and relevant” (The Hollywood Reporter) production from Tony Award® winner Kenny Leon.
“David Alan Grier is phenomenal” (NY1) as a Black sergeant whose mysterious murder on a Louisiana Army base triggers an investigation by a fearless Captain — Blair Underwood, “electrifying” (Daily News). As tensions mount, his search for the truth adds up to a “knock-your-socks-off drama” (Variety.) A SOLDIER’S PLAY is "highly entertaining, and as powerful as ever,” raves the Chicago Tribune. "You don’t want it to end.”
Running Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes, including a 15 minute intermission
A Soldier's Play Cast
- Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
- David Alan Grier
- Captain Richard Davenport
- Blair Underwood
- Private First Class Melvin Peterson
- Nnamdi Asomugha
- Captain Charles Taylor
- Jerry O'Connell
- Private Louis Henson
- McKinley Belcher III
- Corporal Bernard Cobb
- Rob Demery
- Private Tony Smalls
- Jared Grimes
- Private James Wilkie
- Billy Eugene Jones
- Lieutenant Byrd
- Nate Mann
- Corporal Ellis
- Warner Miller
- Private C. J. Memphis
- J. Alphonse Nicholson
- Captain Wilcox
- Lee Aaron Rosen
- u/s Private James Wilkie, Private C.J. Memphis
- Michael Andreaus
- u/s Private Louis Henson, Captain Richard Davenport
- Franklin Bongjio
- u/s Lieutenant Byrd, Captain Wilcox
- Matthew Goodrich
- u/s Corporal Bernard Cobb, Corporal Ellis, Private Tony Smalls
- Lorenzo Jackson
- u/s Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
- Howard Overshown
“I think America needs to hear the newness and the freshness of this play.”
— Kenny Leon
![Two Black men sit on cots and trunks while another stands between them. They are in various stats of undress, and they look like they are having a tense, personal conversation.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay07.jpg)
Rob Demery, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and McKinley Belcher III
Joan Marcus![A group of men in soldier's uniforms stand at attention in front of and behind a row of cots, each one with an American flag laying over it. A large American flag is projected in the background.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay02.jpg)
The company of A SOLDIER'S PLAY
Joan Marcus![A white solider sits behind a wooden desk, an American flag pole in the corner of his office. A Black soldier sits away from the table with concern and holds his hat on his knee.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay01.jpg)
Jerry O'Connell and Blair Underwood
Joan Marcus![A Black man with a mustache wearsr a tan soldier's uniform and garrison cap. He speaks towards the audience with a determined expression.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay03.jpg)
David Alan Grier
Joan Marcus![A Black man with a thin mustache in a tan soldier's uniform sits at an office desk, lit by a small desk lamp. He rests his hand on his chin and has a pensive expression.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay04.jpg)
Blair Underwood
Joan Marcus![A Black soldier in a tan uniform sits on the edge of an office desk and speaks to a younger Black man with glasses in a green uniform. Another soldier in a tan uniform stands at attention behind them.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay05.jpg)
Warner Miller, Nnamdi Asomugha, and Blair Underwood
Joan Marcus![A Black soldier in a tan uniform and garrison cap stands facing the audience, while two other soldiers watch him with concern.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Production-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/SoldiersPlay06.jpg)
David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood, and Billy Eugene Jones
Joan MarcusA Soldier's Play Creatives
- Playwright
- Charles Fuller
- Set Design
- Derek McLane
- Costume Design
- Dede Ayite
- Lighting Design
- Allen Lee Hughes
- Sound Design
- Dan Moses Schreier
- Dialect Consultant
- Kate Wilson
- Fight Choreographer
- Thomas Schall
- Production Stage Manager
- lark hackshaw
- Director
- Kenny Leon
CHECK OUT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES.
![One Black man sits on the platform of a set piece in rehearsal while receiving notes from his director.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_2856.jpg)
Blair Underwood and director Kenny Leon
Jeremy Daniel![A group of Black men dressed as soldiers stand near the sides of the rehearsal space, not in a scene, and smile and laugh with the whole room.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_3033.jpg)
The cast of A SOLDIER'S PLAY
Jeremy Daniel![A line of Black actors dressed as soldiers. They look over their left shoulder with solemn looks.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_3058.jpg)
McKinley Belcher III, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Nnamdi Asomugha, and Billy Eugene Jones
Jeremy Daniel![A Black bald man dressed all in black sits behind a music stand and watches rehearsal intently.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_3062.jpg)
Director Kenny Leon
Jeremy Daniel![A Black man in a captain's hat leans against a desk in rehearsal and looks off a paper a white man next to him is holding.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_3179.jpg)
Jerry O'Connell and Blair Underwood
Jeremy Daniel![Two Black men in the rehearsal studio, one holding his hands clasped behind his back like a soldier, the other looking at him with skepticism.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_4106.jpg)
David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood
Jeremy Daniel![A group of seven Black men in the rehearsal studio dressed as soldiers laugh and talk with each other.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/Rehearsal-Photos/A-Soldiers-Play/soldiersplayrtc_img_2635.jpg)
The cast of A SOLDIER'S PLAY
Jeremy DanielSupport for A Soldier’s Play is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
![The empty house of the Todd Haimes Theatre with a wash of purple light over the seats, and a chandelier hangs at the top of the theatre.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_340,q_auto:eco,w_440/e_grayscale/e_tint:100:391f55:0p:ea5297:100p/v1/Venues/AA_Venue.jpg)
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues