"The Play of the Moment."

JESSE GREEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Glorious to behold."

TERRY TEACHOUT, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

"It will take your breath away."

MARK KENNEDY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

"A triumphant Broadway debut."

DAVID COTE, THE OBSERVER

This 1955 comedy-drama—planned for Broadway but canceled when the playwright wouldn’t tone down its message—makes a triumphant premiere at last, and as The Wall Street Journal says, “The results are glorious to behold.” Follow an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production in Alice Childress's funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, and ego in the high-stakes world of New York theatre.

Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple), Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper (The Life) lead a knockout cast in this “masterpiece of astonishing power” (Helen Shaw, New York Magazine). As Linda Armstrong in the New York Amsterdam News says, Trouble in Mind is “a monumental work, whose time has finally come.”

Running time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

Wiletta Mayer: LaChanze
Al Manners: Michael Zegen
Sheldon Forrester: Chuck Cooper
Judy Sears: Danielle Campbell
Millie Davis: Jessica Frances Dukes
John Nevins: Brandon Micheal Hall
Henry: Simon Jones
Eddie Fenton: Alex Mickiewicz
Bill O'Wray: Don Stephenson
u/s Bill O'Wray/Eddie Fenton/Henry: Peter Bradbury
u/s Wiletta Mayer/Millie Davis: Cyndii Johnson
u/s Judy Sears: Victoria Oliver
u/s John Nevins: Reynaldo Piniella
u/s Sheldon Forrester: Ray Anthony Thomas
u/s Wiletta Mayer/Millie Davis: Nita Whitaker

Three men in 1950s business wear sit and stand around in discusson on some steps. One of them holds a newspaper. — Michael Zegen, Alex Mickiewicz, and Don Stephenson
Joan Marcus

A Black woman in a bright turquoise dress and a Black woman in a bright yellow dress sit next to each other and sing gleefully. — Jessica Frances Dukes and LaChanze
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A white woman in a 1950s dress smiles and sits behind a desk, which a white man in a business suit smiles and half-sits on top of. — Danielle Campbell and Michael Zegen
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A Black woman in a yellow business dress with purple trim smiles big with her arms outstretched and her feet, dressed in shiny pumps, beveled slightly. — LaChanze
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A Black woman in a 1950s style yellow dress smirks knowlingly towards a surprised Black man in a gray suit. Another Black man in a brown suit on her right smiles at her with a hand on his hip. — Brandon Micheal Hall, LaChanze, and Chuck Cooper
Joan Marcus

A group of people in 1950s business suits and bright dresses host a rehearsal and read from scripts. — The company of TROUBLE IN MIND
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An old white man with a white beard raises a pointed finger and speaks to a Black woman in a yellow suit dress. — LaChanze and Simon Jones
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Playwright: Alice Childress
Director: Charles Randolph-Wright
Set Design: Arnulfo Maldonado
Costume Design: Emilio Sosa
Light Design: Kathy A. Perkins
Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier
Hair & Wigs: Cookie Jordan
Original Music: Nona Hendryx

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