Coal Country

Theatre

Name:	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater
Address:	425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003

Production Information

First performance date:	February 18, 2020
Opening date:	March 3, 2020
Closing date:	March 11, 2020
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

In 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine explosion killed 29 men, and tore a hole in the lives of countless others. In this riveting, emotionally stunning new work based on first-person accounts by survivors and family members, Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen, and Steve Earle, dig deep into the lives and loss of the most deadly mining disaster in recent U.S. history.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	The Public Theater	Producer

	Jessica Blank	Playwright
	Erik Jensen	Playwright
	Steve Earle	Composer

	Jessica Blank	Director
	Adesola Osakalumi	Movement Director
	Christina Franklin	Assistant Director

	Ezra Knight	Dance Captain

	Richard Hoover	Set Designer
	Jessica Jahn	Costume Designer
	David Lander	Lighting Designer
	Darron L. West	Sound Designer
	Bianca Vazquez	Assistant Set Designer
	Ashley Soliman	Assistant Costume Designer
	Margaret Peebles	Associate Lighting Designer
	Will Pickens	Associate Sound Designer

	Heather Fichthorn	Company Manager

	Joan Wyatt	Stage Manager
	Janelle Caso	Production Stage Manager
	Rachel A. Zucker	Assistant Stage Manager

	Caity Joy Smith	Production Manager
	Keaton Morris-Stan	Assistant Production Manager
	R. Jay Duckworth	Prop Master

	Steve Earle	Music Direction

	Jordan Thaler/Kate Murray	Casting
	Susan Finch	Dialect Coach

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Mary Bacon	Patti
	Amelia Campbell	Mindi
	Michael Gaston	Stanley "Goose"
	Ezra Knight	Roosevelt
	Thomas Kopache	Gary
	Michael Laurence	Tommy
	Deirdre Madigan	Judy
	Melinda Tanner	Judge Berger; u/s Judy

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play	Jessica Blank	Director
2	NOMINATED	2020 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music in a Play	Steve Earle	Composer
3	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Choreography	Adesola Osakalumi	Movement Director

Notes

Closed early due to COVID-19 pandemic.