From Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park, The Pain and the Itch) comes an epic play, featuring sixteen actors in fifty roles, examining the basic beliefs upon which we’ve built our economy and our country.
Set in the 18th century, this wild new work imagines America’s first laissez-faire capitalist, a young man inspired by a chance encounter with Adam Smith to put his faith in the free market. But his path to riches becomes inextricably entangled with that of an educated slave, a man who knows from experience that one person's profit is another’s loss, in this parable about the true cost of inequality.
Four-time Tony nominee and three-time Obie winner Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal, Dogeaters) directs this richly imaginative, riotously funny new play about the imaginary lines between exploitation and opportunity.
2018 | Off-Broadway |
New York Premiere at the Public Theater Off-Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Harriet Harris |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Chukwudi Iwuji |
2018 | Obie Awards | Performance Award | Chukwudi Iwuji |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Harriet Harris |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | The Low Road |
2018 | The Lortels | Outstanding Costume Design | Emily Rebholz |
2018 | The Lortels | Outstanding Director | Michael Greif |
2018 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play | Chukwudi Iwuji |
2018 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lighting Design | Ben Stanton |
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