Fires in the Mirror

Theatre

Name:	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
Address:	480 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	October 22, 2019
Opening date:	November 11, 2019
Closing date:	December 22, 2019
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

What wins in a fight – you, the argument on the other side, or the truth? Following the deaths of an Black American boy and a young Orthodox Jewish scholar in the summer of 1991, underlying racial tensions in the nestled community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn erupted into civil outbreak. Birthed from a series of interviews with almost fifty members of the Jewish and Black communities, Fires in the Mirror translated their voices verbatim, and is as much provocation as it is exploration.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Signature Theatre	Producer

	Anna Deavere Smith	Playwright

	Saheem Ali	Director
	Gulshan Mia	Assistant Director

	Arnulfo Maldonado	Set Designer
	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
	Alan C. Edwards	Lighting Designer
	Mikaal Sulaiman	Sound Designer
	Hannah Wasileski	Projection Designer
	Daniel Allen	Assistant Set Designer
	Corey Umlauf	Assistant Set Designer
	Adrienne Perry	Assistant Costume Designer
	Alexander Freer	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Lawrence Schober	Assistant Sound Designer
	Kylee Loera	Assistant Projection Designer

	Boneau/Bryan-Brown	Press Representative

	Alfredo Macias	Production Stage Manager
	Fatimah Amill	Assistant Stage Manager

	Gabriela Gutierrez	Production Manager
	Jamie Pitter	Assistant Production Manager
	Lena Forman	Assistant Prop Master

	Jenna Clark Embrey	Dramaturg
	Caparelliotis Casting	Casting Director
	Dawn-Elin Fraser	Dialect Coach

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Michael Benjamin Washington	Actor

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Signature Theatre	Producer
			Anna Deavere Smith	Playwright
			Michael Benjamin Washington	Actor
2	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lighting Design	Alan C. Edwards	Lighting Designer
3	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Projection Design	Hannah Wasileski	Projection Designer
4	NOMINATED	2020 AUDELCO Award, Lighting Design	Alan C. Edwards	Lighting Designer
5	NOMINATED	2020 AUDELCO Award, Sound Design	Mikaal Sulaiman	Sound Designer
6	NOMINATED	2020 AUDELCO Award, Solo Performance	Michael Benjamin Washington	Actor
7	NOMINATED	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Projection Design	Hannah Wasileski	Projection Designer
8	WON	2020 Hewes Design Award, Media Design	Hannah Wasileski	Projection Designer
9	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play	Signature Theatre	Producer
			Anna Deavere Smith	Playwright
10	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Solo Performance	Michael Benjamin Washington	Actor
11	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Projection Design	Hannah Wasileski	Projection Designer
12	WON	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Solo Performance	Michael Benjamin Washington	Actor
13	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Revival