Pure Confidence at 59E59's Theater A

The Mixed Blood Theatre Company's production of Pure Confidence, by Carlyle Brown, opens at 59E59's Theater A on 27 May 2009, following previews from 22 May and runs through to 3 Jul 2009.

On the eve of the Civil War, champion jockey Simon Cato is one of the most successful athletes of his day, dominating the sport of horse racing. But Simon is also a slave. Hired out regularly by his owner to Colonel Wiley Johnson, owner of the prize thoroughbred Pure Confidence, Simon wants the one thing the Colonel by law can�t give him: his freedom.

Directed by Marion McClinton, Pure Confidence features Christiana Clark, Casey Greig, Karen Landry, Gavin Lawrence, Chris Mulkey, Mark Rosenwinkel and Mark Sieve.

Set design is by Joseph Stanley, costume design is by Christine A. Richardson, lighting design is by Michael Wangen and sound design is by C. Andrew Mayer.

Pure Confidence was commissioned and developed by Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and premiered at the 29th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays in March of 2005. It subsequently went on to various regional productions across the country, including the Denver Center Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse and Florida Studio Theatre.

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