"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.
Trouble in Mind Cast
- 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
![TIM Production Image 6 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.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/kikruoyzn6yndt3bwgwd.jpg)
Danielle Campbell and Michael Zegen
Joan Marcus![TIM Production Image 7 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.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/fvyveunmfet2hq4xuv2u.jpg)
LaChanze
Joan Marcus![TIM Production Image 1 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.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/v2pbrd69lzxnjq9ichaj.jpg)
Brandon Micheal Hall, LaChanze, and Chuck Cooper
Joan Marcus![TIM Production Image 2 A group of people in 1950s business suits and bright dresses host a rehearsal and read from scripts.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/hdopbcd3nibadtj4owaj.jpg)
The company of TROUBLE IN MIND
Joan Marcus![TIM Production Image 3 An old white man with a white beard raises a pointed finger and speaks to a Black woman in a yellow suit dress.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/nenacgnf8v8xvxko4xu6.jpg)
LaChanze and Simon Jones
Joan Marcus![TIM Production Image 4 Three men in 1950s business wear sit and stand around in discusson on some steps. One of them holds a newspaper.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/nv6oksrjxt5fuqojetdu.jpg)
Michael Zegen, Alex Mickiewicz, and Don Stephenson
Joan Marcus![TIM Production Image 5 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.](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/2021-2022/Trouble-In-Mind/twdhi4swwp8mhvi2elnl.jpg)
Jessica Frances Dukes and LaChanze
Joan MarcusTrouble in Mind Creative
- 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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- Closed captioning is now available
- Audio description is now available
Check out exclusive interviews and features
Discover the artists and history behind Trouble In Mind in the Upstage Playgoer’s Guide.
Learn more about the history of the production and its creators through a lively discussion with Roundabout Teaching Artists.
Generous underwriting support for Trouble in Mind provided by Hal Brody Productions.
![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