the johnsons
by Amina Henry
directed by Shira-Lee Shalit
directed by Shira-Lee Shalit
THE JOHNSONS
October 10 - 26, 2019
There's a dead body in the bathtub, the cat is missing, the whales have gone away and the house is going into foreclosure. It has not been a good summer for the Johnsons. With biting satire and poetry, The Johnsons explores what happens when an American family wakes up from the American Dream.
Playwright: Amina Henry
Director: Shira-Lee Shalit
Scenic Design: Jen Varbalow
Costume Design: Lisa Renee Jordan
Lighting Design: Kia Rogers
Sound Design: Andy Evan Cohen
Props Master: Sofia Claudino
Stage Manager: Samantha Walsh
Featuring: Jehan O. Young*, Jeorge Bennett Watson* , Amber Williams*, Anthony Franqui, AnJu Hyppolite and John DiMino
* Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity
Performance Dates & Times
All performances will begin at 8:00pm EST
Thursday, October 10 (preview)
Friday, October 11 (preview)
Saturday, October 12
Wednesday, October 16
Thursday, October 17
Friday, October 18
Saturday, October 19
Wednesday, October 23
Thursday, October 24
Friday, October 25
Saturday, October 26
Tickets
$25 General Admission, $18 Young Artists, $18 previews, available here.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Amina Henry (Playwright). Productions include: New Light Theater Project’s production of The Great Novel at The Flea, Hunter John and Jane at JACK, Ducklings at JACK, The Animals at JACK, Happily Ever at Brooklyn College, An American Family Takes a Lover at Theater for the New City, and Bully at MirrorBox Theatre, Interrobang Theater, Clubbed Thumb and SUNY Purchase, among others. Her work has been developed by, produced and/or presented at: The New Group, The Flea, Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, Page 73, National Black Theater, Barefoot Theater, Little Theater at Dixon Place, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR), among other theaters. She was a 2017-2018 recipient of a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Space Grant and a 2018 Dixon Place Space Residency. She was in Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers group, Ars Nova’s 2017-2018 PlayGroup and Page 73’s Interstate 73 writers group, She is a New George's Affiliate Artist and 2019 Audrey Fellow.
Shira-Lee Shalit (Director). Recent productions: LAByrinth Theater Company’s World Premiere -Devil Of Choice (Cherry Lane), What’s Wrong With You (Harold Clurman), Nick and Zoe (IRT), Women of Padilla (AADA), Fault Lines (TBG), Girls Will Be Girls (NYFringe Favorite). Workshops and Readings: Red Room on a Dark Web (Lucille Lortel), Temptation and Other Sins (Planet Connections), Any Other Name (Playwrights For A Cause), Evelyn Dreams Of Horses (Judson) and many more at Primary Stages, EST, LaMama, Rattlestick, The Collective, Stable Cable, Actors Studio, Dixon Place, Nylon Fusion, Crashbox, Intar, Barefoot Theatre Co. (Assoc. Artistic Director 2015-’17), JPP, The Lark, Page 73 and WGAEast. Finalist -Steven Spielberg’s FOX/ DreamWorks show, On The Lot. Feature film debut: A-List -won Audience Award Milan Film Festival & Best Comedy -Worldfest. Wrote and directed Full Cycle -Student Academy Award Finalist. Proud member -Rising Phoenix Rep, The Actors Studio PDU. Faculty: Columbia University and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
There's a dead body in the bathtub, the cat is missing, the whales have gone away and the house is going into foreclosure. It has not been a good summer for the Johnsons. With biting satire and poetry, The Johnsons explores what happens when an American family wakes up from the American Dream.
Playwright: Amina Henry
Director: Shira-Lee Shalit
Scenic Design: Jen Varbalow
Costume Design: Lisa Renee Jordan
Lighting Design: Kia Rogers
Sound Design: Andy Evan Cohen
Props Master: Sofia Claudino
Stage Manager: Samantha Walsh
Featuring: Jehan O. Young*, Jeorge Bennett Watson* , Amber Williams*, Anthony Franqui, AnJu Hyppolite and John DiMino
* Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity
Performance Dates & Times
All performances will begin at 8:00pm EST
Thursday, October 10 (preview)
Friday, October 11 (preview)
Saturday, October 12
Wednesday, October 16
Thursday, October 17
Friday, October 18
Saturday, October 19
Wednesday, October 23
Thursday, October 24
Friday, October 25
Saturday, October 26
Tickets
$25 General Admission, $18 Young Artists, $18 previews, available here.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Amina Henry (Playwright). Productions include: New Light Theater Project’s production of The Great Novel at The Flea, Hunter John and Jane at JACK, Ducklings at JACK, The Animals at JACK, Happily Ever at Brooklyn College, An American Family Takes a Lover at Theater for the New City, and Bully at MirrorBox Theatre, Interrobang Theater, Clubbed Thumb and SUNY Purchase, among others. Her work has been developed by, produced and/or presented at: The New Group, The Flea, Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, Page 73, National Black Theater, Barefoot Theater, Little Theater at Dixon Place, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR), among other theaters. She was a 2017-2018 recipient of a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Space Grant and a 2018 Dixon Place Space Residency. She was in Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers group, Ars Nova’s 2017-2018 PlayGroup and Page 73’s Interstate 73 writers group, She is a New George's Affiliate Artist and 2019 Audrey Fellow.
Shira-Lee Shalit (Director). Recent productions: LAByrinth Theater Company’s World Premiere -Devil Of Choice (Cherry Lane), What’s Wrong With You (Harold Clurman), Nick and Zoe (IRT), Women of Padilla (AADA), Fault Lines (TBG), Girls Will Be Girls (NYFringe Favorite). Workshops and Readings: Red Room on a Dark Web (Lucille Lortel), Temptation and Other Sins (Planet Connections), Any Other Name (Playwrights For A Cause), Evelyn Dreams Of Horses (Judson) and many more at Primary Stages, EST, LaMama, Rattlestick, The Collective, Stable Cable, Actors Studio, Dixon Place, Nylon Fusion, Crashbox, Intar, Barefoot Theatre Co. (Assoc. Artistic Director 2015-’17), JPP, The Lark, Page 73 and WGAEast. Finalist -Steven Spielberg’s FOX/ DreamWorks show, On The Lot. Feature film debut: A-List -won Audience Award Milan Film Festival & Best Comedy -Worldfest. Wrote and directed Full Cycle -Student Academy Award Finalist. Proud member -Rising Phoenix Rep, The Actors Studio PDU. Faculty: Columbia University and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
