FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Company of Roundabout's LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD

Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present the world-premiere production of Little Children Dream of God, a new play by Jeff Augustin, directed by Giovanna Sardelli. It will feature Gilbert Cruz (Manuel), Dashiell Eaves (Trevor), Carl Hendrick Louis (Toussaint and Man),Maurice Jones (Joel), Chris Myers (Vishal), Deirdre O'Connell (Carolyn), Carra Patterson (Sula) and Crystal Lucas-Perry (Madison). The company just met the press and you can check out a photo preview from the special event below!

The world premiere of Little Children Dream of God begins preview performances Off-Broadway on Thursday, January 24, 2015 and opens officially on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through Sunday, April 5, 2015. All tickets for Roundabout Underground productions are $20.

On a balmy night in Miami, a soon-to-be mother, Sula, floats ashore on a car tire. Having braved a perilous journey to escape her native Haiti, Sula is determined to forge a better life in America for her unborn son. She soon finds safety in an apartment building that shelters refugees in need, joining a diverse community of immigrants, each with their own unique dreams and dilemmas. But even though the life she has hoped for seems within reach, Sula knows she can't outrun her demons forever. Laced with wisdom, wit and grace, Little Children Dream of God is a timely new drama about learning to start a new life by facing the one you left behind.

Little Children Dream of God launches the eighth season of Roundabout Underground, an initiative to introduce and cultivate artists in Roundabout's 62-seat Black Box Theatre, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street, NYC, NY, 10036). Prior productions include the acclaimed world premieres of Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate (2007), Steven Levenson's The Language of Trees (2008), Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days (2009), Kim Rosenstock's Tigers Be Still (2010), David West Read's The Dream of the Burning Boy (2011), Andrew Hinderaker's Suicide, Incorporated (2011), Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews (2012) and Meghan Kennedy's Too Much, Too Much, Too Many (2013).

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Top row: Chris Myers, Carra Patterson, Carl Hendrick Louis, Crystal Lucas-Perry and Maurice Jones; bottom row: Gilbert Cruz, director Giovanna Sardelli, playwright Jeff Augustin, and Deirdre O'Connell attend the Photo Call for the Roundabout Theatre Company production of 'Little Children Dream of God' at the Roundabout Theatre Rehearsal Studio on January 8, 2015 in New York City.