"AS POWERFUL AS EVER—A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING, STRIKINGLY TAUT DRAMA THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO END."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
WINNER! 2020 TONY AWARD
BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY!
This 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning thriller has rocketed back into the spotlight, thanks to this 2020 Tony Award®-winning Best Revival from Roundabout Theatre Company. “This is a play that deserves to be staged regularly all over America—though it’s hard to imagine that it will ever be done better than this. It keeps you guessing all the way to the final curtain” (The Wall Street Journal).
In 1944, on a Louisiana Army base, two shots ring out. A Black sergeant is murdered. And a series of interrogations triggers a gripping barrage of questions about sacrifice, service, and identity in America. Broadway’s Norm Lewis leads a powerhouse cast in the show Variety calls “a knock-your-socks-off-drama," directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon.
A Soldier's Play National Tour Cast
- Captain Richard Davenport
- Norm Lewis
- Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
- Eugene Lee
- Corporal Bernard Cobb
- Will Adams
- Understudy
- Brandon Alvión
- Private C.J. Memphis
- Sheldon D. Brown
- Private Tony Smalls
- Malik Esoj Childs
- Understudy
- Ja'Quán Cole
- Captain Charles Taylor
- William Connell
- Understudy
- Charles Everett
- Corporal Ellis
- Alex Michael Givens
- Captain Wilcox
- Matthew Goodrich
- Lieutenant Byrd
- Chattan Mayes Johnson
- Private Louis Henson
- Branden Davon Lindsay
- Private First Class Melvin Peterson
- Tarik Lowe
- Understudy
- Al'Jaleel McGhee
- Private James Wilkie
- Howard Overshown
- Understudy
- Alex Ross
A Soldier's Play National Tour Creatives
- Playwright
- Charles Fuller
- Director
- Kenny Leon
- Set Designer
- Derek McLane
- Costume Design
- Dede Ayite
- Lighting Design
- Allen Lee Hughes
- Sound Design
- Dan Moses Schreier
- Associate Director
- Cristina Angeles
The 2020 Broadway Company of A SOLDIER’S PLAY.
Joan Marcus
The 2020 Broadway Company of A SOLDIER’S PLAY.
Joan Marcus
The 2020 Broadway Company of A SOLDIER’S PLAY.
Joan Marcus
The 2020 Broadway Company of A SOLDIER’S PLAY.
Joan Marcus
The 2020 Broadway Company of A SOLDIER’S PLAY.
Joan Marcus
Director Kenny Leon
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Roundabout Theatre Company's tour of A Soldier's Play is made possible in part by generous support from Denise R. Sobel.
A Soldier's Play was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1981 by the Negro Ensemble Company.
