Notes From the Field

Theatre
Name: Second Stage Theatre
Address: 307 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
Production Information
First performance date: October 15, 2016
Opening date: November 2, 2016
Closing date: December 18, 2016
External Links: Official Website


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Production Description
One of the most hailed and provocative theatre artists of our time, Anna Deavere Smith, leads a new installation of powerful first person storytelling in Notes from the Field. Urgent and inspiring, it depicts the personal accounts of students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in America’s school-to-prison pipeline. Investigating a justice system that pushes minors from poor communities out of the classroom and into incarceration, Notes from the Field shines a light on a lost generation of American youth. Drawn from interviews with more than 200 people living and working within a challenged system, Anna Deavere Smith continues her mastery of the documentary solo performance by stimulating awareness and ultimately, change for the better.
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
American Repertory Theater Producer
Second Stage Theatre Producer
Carole Rothman Artistic Director
Casey Reitz Executive Director
Christopher Burney Associate Artistic Director
  
Anna Deavere Smith Creator
Anna Deavere Smith Playwright
Marcus Shelby Composer
  
Leonard Foglia Director
Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence Assistant Director
  
Michael Leon Thomas Movement
  
Riccardo Hernández Set Designer
Ann Hould-Ward Costume Designer
Howell Binkley Lighting Designer
Leon Rothenberg Sound Designer
Elaine J. McCarthy Projection Designer
Dickey Hair Designer
Maria Verel Make Up Designer
Christopher Vergara Assistant Costume Designer
Catherine Clark Assistant Lighting Designer
Callan Hughes Associate Sound Designer
Maxwell Bowman Assistant Projection Designer
  
Seth Shepsle General Manager
Jonathan Whitton Company Manager
Polk & Co. Press Representative
  
Michelle Bosch Production Stage Manager
Brendan Fay Stage Manager
  
Shaminda Amarakoon Production Manager
M.L. Dogg Sound Supervisor
Susan Barras Prop Master
Devon James Wardrobe
  
Alisa Solomon Dramaturg
Amy Stoller Dialect Coach
Zoe Norman-Hunt Text Coordinator

Cast
Actor Role
Marcus Shelby Musical Performer
Anna Deavere Smith Performer
Awards
Award Person / Company Function
1 WON 2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show Anna Deavere Smith Playwright
      Anna Deavere Smith Creator
      Anna Deavere Smith Actor
      Second Stage Theatre Producer
      American Repertory Theater Producer
2 NOMINATED 2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Projection Design Elaine J. McCarthy Projection Designer
3 NOMINATED 2017 AUDELCO Award, Solo Performance Anna Deavere Smith Playwright
      Anna Deavere Smith Actor
      Second Stage Theatre Producer
      American Repertory Theater Producer
4 NOMINATED 2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music in a Play Marcus Shelby Composer
5 NOMINATED 2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Projection Design Elaine J. McCarthy Projection Designer
6 NOMINATED 2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play Leon Rothenberg Sound Designer
7 NOMINATED 2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance Anna Deavere Smith Actor
8 NOMINATED 2017 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects Leon Rothenberg Sound Designer
9 NOMINATED 2017 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects Elaine J. McCarthy Projection Designer
10 WON 2017 Obie Award, Special Citation Anna Deavere Smith Playwright
      Anna Deavere Smith Creator
      Second Stage Theatre Producer
11 NOMINATED 2017 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Solo Performance