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Primary Trust in bold green text. NYT Critic's Pick logo. An illustration of a man sitting in a diner while drinking a mai tai cocktail with the reflection of a town in the window. Artwork for Primary Trust

Primary Trust

May 4–July 2, 2023

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre Laura Pels Theatre

Primary Trust

May 4–July 2, 2023

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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.”

JOIN US FOR WEEKNIGHT HAPPY HOURS AT OUR TRANSFORMED ON-SITE TIKI LOUNGE! ENJOY DISCOUNTS ON DRINKS AT TUESDAY - THURSDAY EVENING PERFORMANCES AN HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW BEGINS.


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.

Primary Trust CAST

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

Primary Trust Creative

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
Production Stage Manager (Replacement)
David Sugarman

CHECK OUT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES

Discover the artists and history behind Primary Trust in the Upstage Playgoer’s Guide.

READ THE UPSTAGE GUIDE

GALAPRO

Roundabout is pleased to offer GalaPro, a free app for live transcription and audio description that you can use on your personal smartphone device. Download the GalaPro app from the app store or Google Play.

  • Audio description is now available
  • Closed captioning is now available

 


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.

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE ROUNDABOUT LEADERS FOR NEW WORKS
  • 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.

The empty house of the Laura Pels Theatre. Rows of grey chairs incline upwards towards the back of the house.

Presented at

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

Laura Pels Theatre

111 West 46th Street, New York, NY

between 6th and 7th Avenues