Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of Signature Theatre's STOP. RESET.

Written and directed by Regina Taylor, the play features cast members Michi Barall (Signature's Queens Boulevard, An Oresteia) as Deb, Teagle Bougere (Wings, A Raisin in the Sun) as Chris, Ismael Cruz Cordova ("The Good Wife") as J., LaTanya Richardson Jackson (The Fighting Temptations) as Jan, Carl Lumbly (Jitney, "Alias") as Alex Ames and Donald Sage Mackay ("Scrubs") as Tim.

As e-books outsell printed books, Alex Ames, the owner of Chicago's oldest African American book publishing company, must question each of his employees to determine who is still relevant in a rapidly changing world. When he meets J, a mysterious youth plugged into the future, Mr. Ames is forced to discover just how far he will go to survive. A new play from Residency Five playwright Regina Taylor, stop. reset. asks powerful questions of legacy, identity and survival in a world where the real and the virtual are more closely tied than we think.

The design team includes Neil Patel (Scenic Design), Karen Perry (Costume Design), Lap Chi Chu (Lighting Design), Robert Kaplowitz (Sound Design), Shawn Sagady (Projection Design), Valerie Gladstone (Hair & Make-up Design), Rick Sordelet (Fight Direction) and Stephen Gabis (Vocal and Dialect Coach). Casting by Telsey + Company, William Cantler CSA. Gwen Gilliam is Production Stage Manager.

Photo Credit: Kevin Thomas Garcia

Aasif Mandvi

Roger Robinson and his wife

Jennifer Lim

Tonya Pinkins

Corey Hawkins and Roslyn Ruff

Marsha Stephanie Blake

Danai Gurira

HAllie Foote and Betty Buckley

ReGina Taylor

Adriane Lenox

Michi Barall

Donald Sage Mackay

Carl Lumbly

Ismael Cruz Cordova

Teagle Bougere

Sean Lyons

LaTonya Richardson Jackson

Ismael Cruz Cordova and LaTonya Richardson Jackson

Carl Lumbly and Denzel Washington