Photos: Mint Theater Company Presents SUMP'N LIKE WINGS

Mint Theater Company has released a first look at the New York Premiere of Sump'n Like Wings by Lynn Riggs, author of more than thirty plays including Green Grow the Lilacs, the basis for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s landmark musical Oklahoma! Written in 1925, Sump'n Like Wings was published in 1928. 

Raelle Myrick-Hodges directs a cast that features Julia Brothers (Broadway: Relatively Speaking, written and directed by Elaine May; Off-Broadway: Clever Little Lies), Andrew Gombas (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It - The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot); Traci Hovel (Off-Broadway debut!); Lukey Klein (Off-Broadway debut!); Richard Lear (The Normal Heart; God of Carnage Off Broadway revival with Christiane Noll & David Burtka); Mariah Lee (Broadway and National Tour: Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird); Leon Pintel* (Cory in HBO Max’s reboot of “Gossip Girl”); Mike Masters (Face the Music - City Center Encores!; National Tour: 101 Dalmatians: The Musical);  Buzz Roddy (Off-Broadway: The Night of the Iguana. (A)loft Modulation, The Show-Off); Lindsey Steinert (Off-Broadway debut!); and Joy Avigail Sudduth (Off-Broadway: Leaving the Blues, Waiting for Giovanni, Walk Hard). *PLEASE NOTE: Leon Pintel replaces the previously announced Carmeron Anika Hill.

Mint will offer audiences the rare opportunity to see this 99-year-old play, which remains a resonant and compelling story about love, family and home. This Off-Broadway engagement at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street), now in previews, continues a limited run through November 2nd. Opening Night is set for Thursday October 10th.

Sump'n Like Wings is the story of Wille Baker, a 16-year-old girl too proud and too wild for the life she’s living. Her mother runs the dining room in the hotel her uncle owns. Willie is stuck helping her, squirming under her thumb while her uncle argues for tenderness and compassion. Sump’n Like Wings is a story of the lessons learned by families about freedom and limits — about love, respect, and safety. It’s a story about home and about leaving home.

Sump'n Like Wings is set in Oklahoma, six years after the Indian and Oklahoma Territories combined to become the 46th state in the Union in 1907. Lynn Riggs owes his lasting fame to the musical named after his home state, Oklahoma!, based on his acclaimed 1930 play Green Grows the Lilacs. 

Tickets for Sump’n Like Wings, which are on sale now, start at $39 and may be purchased online at Theatre Row Box Office.  Tickets may also be purchased by phone at 212/714-2442, ext. 45 (daily from 12 Noon to 5PM), or in person at the Theatre Row Box Office (located at 410 West 42nd Street).  Service fees will apply for online or phone orders. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 7PM, with matinees Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2PM. There will be no 7pm performances on 10/02, 10/11, 10/16, or 10/23.  Theatre Row, located at 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues), is a fully accessible venue: all bathrooms are accessible; there is an elevator to all floors; the bar and lounge are fully accessible; assisted listening devices are available.

For more information, including photos and videos of previous Mint productions, visit minttheater.org.

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