Noelle Diane Johnson* (Left) & Adaeze Nwoko (Right)
Photo by John C. Hawthorne
by James Ijames
Directed by Lauren E. Turner
February 24—March 20, 2022
Executive Honorary ProducersDiane & Jonathan Edelman |
Executive Honorary ProducersLinda & David Glickstein |
Executive Honorary ProducersSherry & Doug Kargher |
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Executive Honorary Producers
Diane & Jonathan Edelman
Executive Honorary Producers
Linda & David Glickstein
Executive Honorary Producers
Sherry & Doug Kargher
TJ loves Sally. Sally does not love TJ.
TJ is a University Dean. Sally is a student.
Issuncomfortable.
Welcome to Commonwealth of Virginia University, where a modern education is rooted in the nation’s “complicated” history. As the campus wrestles with its antebellum legacy and the names of slave-owners on university buildings, Sally finds herself locked in a more personal battle with Dean TJ.
One of the American theatre’s most ingenious truth-tellers, James Ijames (WHITE, 2016/17 Season), reimagines Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson as a student and a dean at a southern American university, and dismantles the legacies that keep us bound amidst a swirl of marching bands, step teams, and bubbly tour guides. How do we reckon with an inheritance we never asked for?
CONTENT WARNING: This play contains nudity, strong language, and depictions of sexual harassment and racism.
Production Team
Director
Lauren E. Turner
Intimacy Director
Joy DeMichelle
Choreographer
Melanie Cotton
Fight Director
Ren Williams
Lighting Designer
Alyssandra Docherty
Set and Properties Designer
Marie Laster
Sound Designer
Anthony Martinez-Briggs
Costume Designer
Leigh Paradise
Assistant Sound Designer
Erin Renee Russo
Assistant Costume Designer
Julie Padovan
Master Electrician
Elliot Konstant
Stage Manager
India Mack*
Assistant Stage Manager
Janine Grando
Producing Director
Shelby North
Sean Close*
TJ
Noelle Diane Johnson*
Pam
Adaeze Nwoko
Annette
Devon Sinclair
Harold
Sydney Banks*
Sally
Zipporah Brown
Women’s Understudy
Brennen Malone
Male Understudy
*Appearing through an Agreement between Theatre Horizon and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.