The Good Negro: extends its run

Due to strong demand, The Public Theater has extended Tracey Scott Wilson�s The Good Negro an additional two weeks through to 19 Apr 2009.

The Good Negro opens at the Public's Luesther Hall on 16 Mar 2009, following previews from 3 Mar 3and was originally scheduled to close on 5 Apr 2009.

Directed by Liesl Tommy and in association with Dallas Theater Center, The Good Negro is the first new play to transfer from the Public LAB initiative to a full main stage production at The Public.

The cast for The Good Negro will feature Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Francois Battiste, J. Bernard CallowayQuincy Dunn-Baker, Erik Jensen, LeRoy McClain, Curtis McClarin, Rachel Nicks and Brian Wallace.

�There is a tremendous appetite for the story The Good Negro tells, of courage and human frailty in the Civil Rights Movement,� said Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. �How wonderful to announce this extension before the show even begins previews on Abraham Lincoln�s 200th Birthday!�

The Good Negro: 1960's American civil rights movement. In the increasingly hostile South, tensions build as a trio of emerging black leaders attempt to conquer their individual demons amidst death threats from the Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Through personal and intimate stories that emerged from the political upheavals of the era, The Good Negro examines a world where people dare to hope for a better future.

The creative team features Clint Ramos (Sets & costumes), Lap Chi Chu (Lighting) and Daniel Baker (Sound).

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