Gem of The Ocean
- Preview: November 23, 2004
- Open: December 6, 2004
- Close: February 6, 2005
Play - Broadway Premiere
Running Time: 2hrs 30mins
This is the ninth play in the cycle of plays chronicling the black American experience in each decade of the 20th Century and is set in 1904, becoming the first play, chronologically, in Mr Wilson’s odyssey through the century. “Gem...” introduces Citizen Barlow, a man in spiritual turmoil who arrives at the house of Aunt Esther in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. When he claims sanctuary from the local constable, he puts into motion a series of events which lead to startling discoveries and set him on a course where duty leads to redemption.
For The Record:
“Gem of the Ocean” was given its World Premiere by the Mark Taper Forum (Gordon Davidson, Artistic Dir) in Los Angeles, CA on July 31, 2003.
Total Gross:
$2,577,530
Average Weekly Gross:
$234,321
Total Attendance:
54,245
Average Weekly Attendance:
66%
Staff & Creative Team
General Manager:
Stuart Thompson ProductionsCasting Director:
Harriet Bass CastingAdvertising Representative:
SPOTCoPress Agent:
Barlow Hartman Public RelationsProduction Stage Manager:
Narda AlcornAuthor
August WilsonDirector
Kenny LeonSettings
David GalloCostumes
Constanza RomeroLighting
Donald HolderSound
Dan Moses SchreierOriginal Music
Kathryn BosticCast
| Aunt Ester | 11/23/2004 - 02/06/2005 |
| Caesar | 11/23/2004 - 02/06/2005 |
| Black Mary | 11/23/2004 - 02/06/2005 |
| Solly Two Kings | 11/23/2004 - 02/06/2005 |
| Citizen Barlow | 11/23/2004 - 02/06/2006 |
| Eli | 11/23/2004 - 02/06/2005 |
