Till The Break of Dawn: cast announced

The cast has been announced for he Culture Project's presentation of the world premiere of Till The Break of Dawn, a new Hip-Hop play, written and directed by Danny Hoch, opening at Abrons Arts Center Henry Street Settlement on 13 Sep 2007, following previews from 4 Sep and running through to 21 Oct 2007.

The cast will feature Bambadjan Bamba, Dominic Colon, Patty Dukes, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Gwendolen Hardwick, Jimmie James, Jaymes Jorsling, Maribel Lizardo, Flaco Navaja, Johnny Sanchez and Luis Vega.

The design team comprises Andromache Chalfant (sets), Valerie Marcus Ramshur (costumes), Garin Marschall(lighting) and Jill DuBoff (Sound).

Till The Break of Dawn: Gibran, an internet hip-hop activist, leads a group of his New York friends on a trip to Havana to attend a festival. They've always been radical at home, but in Cuba, radical means something else. So does Hip-Hop, and so do they.

Danny Hoch is an actor, playwright and director whose plays have garnered awards including 2 OBIES, an NEA Solo Theatre Fellowship, Sundance Writers Fellowship, CalArts/Alpert Award in Theatre and a Tennessee Williams Fellowship. His theatre work has toured to 50 U.S. cities and 15 countries.