Five green stars and an exclamation point.

NYC's best new play. Book a ticket right now.”

TIM TEEMAN, DAILY BEAST

“Restores your faith in theatre's storytelling powers with the dreamiest of dream casts.”

DAVID COTE, OBSERVER

Do you have the courage to change? In Eboni Booth’s absorbing, funny, and ultimately stunning new play—the New York Times Critic’s Pick and “pretty darn near to a perfect play” (Tim Teeman, Daily Beast)—William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) heads a remarkable company, directed by Knud Adams, as Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker facing a world he’s long avoided. The Observer says, “it will restore your faith in theatre’s elemental storytelling powers.”

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Please be advised this production uses Haze & Herbal Cigarettes.

Running time: Ninety-five minutes. No intermission.

TRUST US: YOU DON’T WANT TO BE LATE.
There’s some primary info you’ll get at the very beginning of the show.
We reserve the right to seat latecomers at our discretion. All late seating will be in mezzanine locations.

Bert: Eric Berryman
Kenneth: William Jackson Harper
Wally's Waiter & others: April Matthis
Clay & others: Jay O. Sanders
musician: Luke Wygodny
u/s Clay & others: Peter Bradbury
u/s Bert/Kenneth: Ugo Chukwu
u/s musician: Paul Lincoln
u/s Wally's Waiter & others: Marsha Regis

Playwright: Eboni Booth
Director: Knud Adams
Set Design: Marsha Ginsberg
Costume Design: Qween Jean
Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd
Sound Design: Mikaal Sulaiman
Original Music: Luke Wygodny
Hair & Wig Design: Nikiya Matthis
Production Stage Manager: Rachel Bauder

A man with dark skin stands center stage talking to the audience. Behind him on either side in the distance sits an older white man on the left and a Black man on the right, sitting on a rooftop. — William Jackson Harper (Kenneth), Jay O. Sanders (Clay & others), and Eric Berryman (Bert) in PRIMARY TRUST.
Joan Marcus

Two men stand behind a bank counter and listen to a woman who is their customer. Behind them is a scaled-down front of a bank named PRIAMRY TRUST BANK. — Eric Berryman (Bert), William Jackson Harper (Kenneth), and April Matthis (Wally's Waiter & others) in PRIMARY TRUST.
Joan Marcus

Two men sit across from each other on wooden chairs in front of a wooden table stacked with books, mugs, and other office supplies in a messy array. One of them holds a small yellow envelope. — Jay O. Sanders (Clay & others) and William Jackson Harper (Kenneth) in PRIMAR TRUST.
Joan Marcus

A man in a baseball cap and Hawaiian shirt plays guitar in front of a keyboard. He has a beard and shoulder-length hair. — Luke Wygodny (musician) in PRIMARY TRUST.
Joan Marcus

A woman and man stand across from each other in front of scaled-down buiilding fronts, one of which is a bank. The woman bundles up with her jacket. — April Matthis (Wally's Waiter & others) and William Jackson Harper (Kenneth) in PRIMARY TRUST.
Joan Marcus

Two men sit at a wooden table with colorful, tropical drinks on top. One of them reads from a book. — William Jackson Harper (Kenneth) and Eric Berryman (Bert) in PRIMARY TRUST.
Joan Marcus

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Two dark skinned men sitting at table laughing in a bright room with small scale buildings behind them. — Eric Berryman and William Jackson Harper in rehearsal for PRIMARY TRUST
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Two dark skinned men sitting at a table with their backs towards the camera. The creative team sitting at a long table in front of windows watch the two men in the scene. — The cast and creative team of PRIMARY TRUST in the rehearsal studio.
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Light skinned man playing an electric keyboard in front of two windows in a bright room. — Luke Wygodny playing piano in rehearsal for PRIMARY TRUST.
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Three dark skinned actors, two male and one female in the middle, sitting at a table in a bright rehearsal studio. There are small building mockups in the background. — The cast of PRIMARY TRUST in rehearsal.
Ray Lego

One light skin man and two medium-dark skinned men in a bright rehearsal room with small bulding like structures. To the left the light skin man sits in a chair. — The cast of PRIMARY TRUST in the rehearsal studio.
Ray Lego

A medium-dark skinned woman and a light skinned man sitting at a white folding table in a bright rehearsal studio with folders and other office supplies. — Playwright Eboni Booth and Director Knud Adams in rehearsal.
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Theatre Talk

Learn more about the history of the production and its creators through a lively discussion with Roundabout Teaching Artists.

Underwriting support for Primary Trust is generously provided by Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence & Dr. Ryan P. Shelhamer and The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater.

Primary Trust is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

Alec Baldwin
James Costa and John Archibald
Linda L. D’Onofrio
Peggy and Mark Ellis
Joele Frank and Larry Klurfeld
Sylvia Golden
Jeanne Hagerty
Angelina Lippert
K. Myers
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
Ira Pittelman
Mary Solomon
Lauren and Danny Stein
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

Primary Trust is made possible by the Champions for Inclusive Theatre and Roundabout’s Forward Fund. We acknowledge the generous friends who support our many efforts to increase representation and inclusion in all aspects of theatre: Elizabeth Armstrong, Bank of America, Eugene and Joann Bissell and the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, Kevin Brown, Barbara and Peter Bye, Ginger McKnight Chavers, Ford Foundation, Jill and Barry Lafer, Gina Maria Leonetti, Iva Mills, Beryl Snyder, and Denise Littlefield Sobel.