Overview
Directed by Kenny Leon. Scroll down for full cast list.
The live video webcast of this reading is not available for on-demand viewing. Select plays will air on WNYC and public radio stations across the country in spring of 2015, and audio will be available for on-demand streaming here on our website.
Gem of the Ocean is set in 1904 in the Pittsburgh home of Aunt Ester, a 285-year-old former slave and renowned cleanser of souls. A young man from Alabama visits her for help in absolving the guilt and shame he carries from a crime he’s committed, and she takes him on a journey of self-discovery.
CAST LIST:
ELI…………………………Eugene Lee
CITIZEN BARLOW………..Chadwick Boseman
AUNT ESTER……………..Phylicia Rashad
BLACK MARY…………….Joniece Abbott-Pratt
RUTHERFORD SELIG……Raynor Scheine
SOLLY TWO KINGS……..Anthony Chisholm
CAESAR………………….Keith Randolph Smith
Thanks to our philanthropic partners The Ford Foundation whose mission is to support visionary leaders and organizations on the front lines of social change worldwide and The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Special permission for this project is provided by the Estate of August Wilson. For more information, please visit www.samuelfrench.com