A Soldier's Play set for CIBC Theatre in Chicago
Individual tickets for Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award-winning Best Revival of Charles Fuller's 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A Soldier's Play, starring Norm Lewis and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon are now available. The North American tour will make its Chicago debut at the CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe) from April 4-16 for a limited 16-performance engagement. Don't miss this powerful drama!
"The recent passing of The Giant that is Charles Fuller has only magnified his brilliance...an amazing writer who left us so much with his masterful A Soldiers Play," said director Kenny Leon. "We honor him with this American tour of the Broadway production of this great American classic. Come - laugh, think and reflect - America is in need of love."
In 1944, an Army base in Louisiana was shaken by two shots: the killing of a Black sergeant. Through its gripping sequence of interrogations, Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, first performed on Broadway in 2020 at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre nearly forty years after it was written, explores themes of sacrifice, service and identity in America. The acclaimed production was nominated for 7 Tony Awards and 3 Drama Desk Awards, taking home Best Revival of both awards.
Emmy, Tony and SAG Award nominee Norm Lewis will star as 'Captain Richard Davenport.' Joining him will be Broadway, TV and film star Eugene Lee, who originated the role of 'Corporal Bernard Cobb' in the original 1981 Off-Broadway Production of A Soldier's Play, as 'Sergeant Vernon C. Waters,' Will Adams as 'Corporal Bernard Cobb,' Brandon Alvión as an understudy, Sheldon D. Brown as 'Private C.J. Memphis,' Malik Esoj Childs as 'Private Tony Smalls,' Ja'Quan Cole as an understudy, William Connell as 'Captain Charles Taylor,' Charles Everett as an understudy, Alex Michael Givens as 'Corporal Ellis,' Matthew Goodrich as 'Captain Wilcox,' Chattan Mayes Johnson as 'Lieutenant Byrd,' Branden Davon Lindsay as 'Private Louis Henson,' Tarik Lowe as 'Private First-Class Melvin Peterson,' Al'Jaleel McGhee as an understudy, Howard W. Overshown as 'Private James Wilkie' and Alex Ross as an understudy.
Joining director Kenny Leon for the tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's A Soldier's Play is the Broadway design team that includes Derek McLane (Sets), Dede Ayite (Costumes), Allen Lee Hughes (Lights), Dan Moses Schreier (Sound) and Cristina Angeles (Associate Director). The tour of A Soldier's Play is produced by Roundabout Theatre Company and Tamar Climan.