Photo Coverage: Playwrights Horizons Celebrates Opening Night of FAMILIAR
By: Jennifer Broski Mar. 04, 2016
Playwrights Horizons presents the New York premiere production of FAMILIAR, a new play by Obie Award-winner Danai Gurira, directed by Rebecca Taichman. FAMILIAR opened last night, March 3, at Playwrights Horizons for a limited engagement plays through Sunday, March 27.
The cast features Ito Aghayere, Melanie Nicholls-King, Obie Award winner Roslyn Ruff, Harold Surratt, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Joe Tippett and Tony Award winner Tamara Tunie.
It's winter in Minnesota and a Zimbabwean family is preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter (Ms. Ruff), a first-generation American. But when the bride insists on observing a traditional African custom, it opens a deep rift in the household. Rowdy and affectionate, FAMILIAR pitches tradition against assimilation, drawing a loving portrait of a family: the customs they keep, and the secrets they bury.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
The cast of FAMILIAR
The cast of FAMILIAR
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key
Joe Tippett, Ito Aghayere, Tamara Tunie, Harold Surratt, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Melanie Nicholls-King, Joby Earle, Roslyn Ruff
Joe Tippett, Ito Aghayere, Tamara Tunie, Danai Gurira, Rebecca Taichman, Harold Surratt, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Melanie Nicholls-King, Joby Earle, Roslyn Ruff
Tim Sanford, Danai Gurira, Rebecca Taichman
Danai Gurira, Rebecca Taichman
Danai Gurira, Choni Gurira
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