Photo Flash: BROKE-OLOGY Set to Hit The Stage 10/5

The Lincoln Center Theater production of BROKE-OLOGY, a new play by Nathan Louis Jackson, directed by Thomas Kail will open on Monday, October 5, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W. 65 Street).  The cast features Francois Battiste, Crystal A. Dickinson, Alano Miller and Wendell Pierce.

BROKE-OLOGY is the story of the King family who have weathered the hardships of life and survived with their love for each other intact.  But when two brothers (played by Francois Battiste and Alano Miller) are called home to take care of their ailing father (played by Wendell Pierce), one of them must choose to follow the life he dreams of or honor the unspoken promise of loyalty to his family.
 
Nathan Louis Jackson, who is making his New York debut, is a graduate of the Juilliard School and of Kansas State University and is a past participant in The Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting intensive, the William Inge 24 Hour Play Festival, the winner of two Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Awards, the Mark Twain Playwrighting Award and the recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Gold Medallion.  BROKE-OLOGY premiered last summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.  Thomas Kail directed the hit Broadway musical In The Heights, for which he won a 2007 Joseph A. Callaway Award and was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.  He is a consulting producer and a Music Director on the new PBS television show The Electric Company.  He recently directed the City Center Encores! Summer Star series production of The Wiz.
 
BROKE-OLOGY has sets by Donyale Werle, costumes by Emily Rebholz, lighting by Jason Lyons and sound by Jill BC DuBoff. 
 
The performance schedule for BROKE-OLOGY is Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2 PM and Sundays at 3 PM (there is no Tuesday performance on Oct. 6.).  Tickets, priced at $80 & 85, are available at the Lincoln Center Theater Box Office, at Tele-charge.com (212-239-6200) or by visiting www.lct.org.

Photo Credit: T. Charles Erickson

Wendell Pierce

Francois Battiste, Wendell Pierce and Alano Miller

Crystal A. Dickinson and Wendell Pierce

Alano Miller and Francois Battiste

Wendell Pierce and Alano Miller

Francois Battiste, Wendell Pierce and Alano Miller