Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal for Ngozi Anyanwu's GOOD GRIEF at the Douglas
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 06, 2017
Casting is complete and rehearsals have begun for Ngozi Anyanwu's new play "Good Grief" at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. Directed by Patricia McGregor, Anyanwu will also perform in "Good Grief" for its world premiere at the Douglas, which begins previews February 26, opens March 5 and closes March 26, 2017. This is the first of Anyanwu's plays to receive a full professional production. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!
The cast features, in alphabetical order, Dayo Ade, Wade Allain-Marcus, Ngozi Anyanwu, Marcus Henderson, Omozé Idehenre, Carla Renata and Mark Jude Sullivan. Scenic design is by Stephanie Kerley Schwartz, costume design is by Karen Perry, lighting design is by Pablo Santiago, sound design is by Adam Phalen, and Kathryn Bostic is composer. Casting is by Meg Fister and Anne L. Hitt is the production stage manager.
"Good Grief" follows Nkechi (played by Anyanwu), a good Nigerian-American girl frozen in her own coming-of-age story. When tragedy strikes on an unplanned break from college, she retreats into her childhood home and reexamines the many steps she's taken on the way to adulthood, from first crush, to missed connections, to the struggles of being a first-generation girl blending in to her suburban Pennsylvania reality.
Tickets for "Good Grief" are available by calling (213) 628-2772, online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org, at the Center Theatre Group box office at the Ahmanson Theatre or at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office two hours prior to performance. Tickets range from $25 - $70 (ticket prices are subject to change). The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd. in Culver City, CA 90232.
Photo Credit: Craig Schwartz
Playwright/cast member Ngozi Anyanwu and director Patricia McGregor
Playwright/cast member Ngozi Anyanwu and cast member Mark Jude Sullivan
Cast member Wade Allain-Marcus
Cast member Omoz Idehenre
Cast member Marcus Henderson
Cast member Mark Jude Sullivan
Cast member Carla Renata
Cast members Marcus Henderson, Omoz Idehenre and Wade Allain-Marcus
Director Patricia McGregor and playwright/cast member Ngozi Anyanwu
(top row) cast members Carla Renata, Wade Allain-Marcus, Marcus Henderson and Mark Jude Sullivan; (bottom row) playwright/cast member Ngozi Anyanwu, director Patricia McGregor and cast member Omoz Idehenre
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