THE FIRST DEEP BREATH

Name: THE FIRST DEEP BREATH
Start: 2023-02-01T16:59:00
End: 2023-03-05T16:59:00
Location: Geffen Playhouse

Geffen Playhouse

Run Dates

2023.02.01 ~ 2023.03.05

Geffen Playhouse

About the show

WEST COAST PREMIERE Pastor Albert Jones and his family are proud leaders of the Mother Bethel Baptist Church and pillars of their community. Plans are being made for a special memorial service to honor their late daughter Diane on the sixth anniversary of her passing. But when Abdul-Malik, the eldest son whom Albert blames for her death, returns home from prison, the family’s veneer begins to crack as shocking revelations come to light. A ferocious new epic written by Lee Edward Colston II, The First Deep Breath chronicles the depths families will go to hide their skeletons from the outside world and each other.

Details

PLAYWRIGHT LEE EDWARD COLSTON II DIRECTOR STEVE H. BROADNAX III SCENIC DESIGNER MICHAEL CARNAHAN COSTUME DESIGNER EDUARDO CASTRO LIGHTING DESIGNER PABLO SANTIAGO SOUND DESIGNER CURTIS CRAIG COMPOSER RASHAD MCPHERSON CHOREOGRAPHER DJ SMART FIGHT DIRECTOR STEVE RANKIN INTIMACY DIRECTOR SASHA NICOLLE SMITH DIALECT & VOICE COACH TRÉ COTTEN DRAMATURG LINDSAY A. JENKINS PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ALYSSA ESCALANTE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER AMBER R. DETTMERS CASTING DIRECTOR PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA CAST OPA ADEYEMO AJ (Alexander Michael Jones) LEE EDWARD COLSTON II Abdul-Malik (Albert Melvin Jones IV) BRANDON MENDEZ HOMER Leslie Carter ELLA JOYCE Ruth Jones HERB NEWSOME Pastor Albert Melvin Jones III DEANNA REED-FOSTER Pearl Thomas CANDACE THOMAS Dee-Dee (Denise Jones) KEITH A. WALLACE Tyree Fisher

Where it's been performed

Geffen Playhouse

Los Angeles

United States

Los Angeles

United States

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