Being an entertainment located in the Great Hole of History, featuring the enactment of the Death of a (lesser known) Lincoln (the Great Emancipator), as well as Family Secrets, Deathbed Confidences, and the Wonders of African America. Searingly intelligent, painfully funny, chock full of (out)rage, this seminal work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright deftly deflates received ideas about race and our national story.
Featuring Alexa Alexander, J. Nicole Brooks, Lorne Green, Harold Surratt, Darius Truly
Scenic Design Nancy Keystone
Costume Design Jeannique Prospere
Lighting Design Justin Townsend
Original Music/Sound Design Randall Tico
Props Robyn Taylor
Assistant Director Freddy Gaitan
Casting Michael Donovan, CSA
Company Manager Joe Foster
Production Stage Manager John Freeland, Jr.
Pucblicist Aldrich & Associates
Production Photography Ed Krieger
"Keystone directs with sensitivity, giving an emotional center to draw the audience into a world that is familiar yet alien." -Blogcritics.org
"A gorgeous production." -LA Times
“Keystone’s LA Premiere production brings this phantasmagoric pageant to life with all its dense wordplay and overlapping images, and reflects the ever-adventurous tastes of Pasadena’s Theatre @ Boston Court.” -Variety
“Keystone and her ferociously committed cast join Parks’ disturbing but lyrical visualization to boldly sabotage our contentment with the myths that have been fed to us…it is a jarring, often humorous vision.” -Backstage West
