Nat Turner in Jerusalem
by Nathan Alan Davis
directed by Rodney Witherspoon II
August 13 – September 5, 2021 | Previews August 11 -12
Please credit Michael & Suz Karchmer for all production images used. Thank you!
CAST
Nat Turner – Ricardy Fabre
Thomas R. Gray / Guard – Robert St. Laurence
CREATIVE TEAM
Christopher Ostrom – Scenic & Lighting Designer
Seth Bodie – Costume Designer
Sam Sewell – Sound Designer
Paige O’connor – Dialect Coach
Katie Scarlet Graves – Production Stage Manager
Kate York – Assistant Stage Manager
Jenine Florence Jacinto – Production Assistant
Ricardy Fabre (Nat Turner) is an artist based out of New York. He is excited to be here in this community telling this story. He holds an MFA from Brown/Trinity Rep. Theatre credits include: Trinity Rep; Seattle Rep; Portland Center Stage; Chautauqua Theatre Company; Vineyard Theatre; True Colors Theatre; The Flea Theatre.
Robert St. Laurence (Thomas M. Gray / Guard) previously appeared in a staged reading of Meridian Summer with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. His regional credits include performances at Huntington Theatre, American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Greater Boston Stage, Wheelock Family Theatre, Company One, and Barnstormers Theatre. Robert received his MFA in Acting from Harvard University’s A.R.T./M.X.A.T. Institute, and is on faculty at Bunker Hill Community College. Robert will next perform in Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder at Lyric Stage.
Nathan Alan Davis (Playwright) Nathan’s plays include: The High Ground (upcoming at Arena Stage), Nat Turner in Jerusalem (New York Theatre Workshop; Stavis Playwright Award), Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea (NNPN Rolling World Premiere; Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation), and The Wind and the Breeze (Cygnet Theatre; Blue Ink Award, Lorraine Hansberry Award). He received a Windham-Campbell Prize in 2021. Other recent honors include: The Lark Venturous Fellow (2021-22), Steinberg Playwright Award (2020), Sundance at Ucross Fellow (2019), and Whiting Award (2018). Nathan is a Lecturer in Theater and Berlind Play.wright-in-Residence at Princeton University. He is an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University Bloomington, and The Juilliard School.
Rodney Witherspoon II (Director) is an actor, writer, director, and teaching artist. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and is currently attending the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting program. His play, Tidwell, or the Plantation Play, is published by Samuel French, Inc. He has worked with companies across the country, including Berkeley Repertory Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Mixed Magic Theatre, Wilbury Theatre Group, ART Station, and Marietta’s New Theatre in the Square.
The Actors and Stage Managers of this production are members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Scenic and Lighting Designer of this production is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 of the IATSE.