The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World

Theatre

Name:	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
Address:	480 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	October 25, 2016
Opening date:	November 13, 2016
Closing date:	December 18, 2016
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

A woman tries to feed her husband a fried drumstick. Dragons roam a flat earth. The last Black man in the whole entire world dies again. And again. Careening through memory and language, Parks explores and explodes archetypes of Black America with piercing insight and raucous comedy. A riotous theatrical event, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World hums with the heartbeat of improvisational jazz.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Signature Theatre	Producer
	Paige Evans	Artistic Director
	Erika Mallin	Executive Director
	James Houghton	Founder
	Beth Whitaker	Associate Artistic Director

	Suzan-Lori Parks	Playwright

	Lileana Blain-Cruz	Director
	Candis Jones	Assistant Director

	Raja Feather Kelly	Movement
	Rick Sordelet	Fight Director
	Paul Rubin	Flying Effects

	Riccardo Hernández	Set Designer
	Montana Blanco	Costume Designer
	Yi Zhao	Lighting Designer
	Palmer Hefferan	Sound Designer
	Hannah Wasileski	Projection Designer
	Cookie Jordan	Wig Designer
	Jungah Han	Assistant Set Designer
	Emily Blumenauer	Assistant Costume Designer
	Marika Kent	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Emily Auciello	Assistant Sound Designer
	Elizabeth Mak	Assistant Projection Designer
	Joey Moro	Assistant Projection Designer

	Boneau/Bryan-Brown	Press Representative

	Terri K. Kohler	Production Stage Manager
	Ryan Gohsman	Assistant Stage Manager

	Julia Kulaya	Wardrobe

	Jenna Clark Embrey	Dramaturg
	Karyn Casl	Casting
	Telsey + Company	Casting

Cast

	Actor	Role
	William DeMeritt	Voice on Thuh Tee V
	Nike Kadri	Yes and Greens Black-Eyed Peas Cornbread
	Patrena Murray	Ham
	Reynaldo Piniella	And Bigger and Bigger and Bigger
	Julian Rozzell	Old Man River Jordan
	Roslyn Ruff	Black Woman with Fried Drumstick
	Mirirai Sithole	Prunes and Prisms
	David Ryan Smith	Before Columbus
	Daniel J. Watts	Black Man with Watermelon
	Jamar Williams	Lots of Grease and Lots of Pork
	Amelia Workman	Queen-Then-Pharaoh Hatshepsut

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Signature Theatre	Producer
			Suzan-Lori Parks	Playwright
2	NOMINATED	2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design	Montana Blanco	Costume Designer
3	NOMINATED	2017 AUDELCO Award, Costume Design	Montana Blanco	Costume Designer
4	WON	2017 Obie Award, Direction	Lileana Blain-Cruz	Director
5	NOMINATED	2017 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival