Marys Seacole, by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Projections design (May 2022)
Directed by Eric Ruffin, Mosaic Theater Company, The Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington DC
Hailed as "revelatory" by The New Yorker Magazine, this regional premiere from Pulitzer Prize-winner Jackie Sibblies Drury features Broadway star Tina Fabrique alongside local favorite Kim Bey under the direction of Eric Ruffin (Mosaic’s Fabulation, 2019). Inspired by the real life of Mary Seacole, a British-Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who cared for soldiers during the Crimean War, Marys Seacole charts one Black woman’s extraordinary journey through space and time - from mid-1800s Jamaica to a modern-day nursing home - with fierce theatricality and reverence for the caregivers and unsung heroes among us. Link to the Program
Creative Team: Emily Lotz (Scenic Designer), John D. Alexander (Lighting Designer), Mona Kasra (Projection Designer), Moyenda Kulemeka (Costume Designer), Cresent Haynes (Sound Designer), Deb Thomas (Properties Designer), Shayna O’Neill (Production Stage Manager). Cast: Tonya Beckman, Kim Bey, Tina Fabrique, Megan Graves, Amanda Morris Hunt, Claire Schoonover.
PRESS
‘Marys Seacole’ is an ode to mothers of all stripes- The Washington Post
MARYS SEACOLE at Mosaic Theater Company - Broadway World
‘Marys Seacole’ at Mosaic honors the courage of caregivers - DC Theater Arts
Theatre Review: ‘Marys Seacole’ at Mosaic Theater Company - MD Theatre Guide
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