pen/man/ship
by Christina Anderson
A live, theatrical experience that will transport you to the heart of Christina Anderson's stirring turn-of-the-twentieth-century drama.
Starring
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Kevin Mambo, Jared McNeill, Postell Pringle
"Molière in the Park's virtual productions make imaginative use of video filters and effects, and this new one does not disappoint. The impressive cast includes Crystal Lucas-Perry and Kevin Mambo."
-The New York Times
About the Play
1896. When Ruby, a young Black woman fleeing the American South, boards a ship bound for Liberia, she finds herself at odds with her companion’s domineering, God-fearing father and his mysterious expedition. Unwilling to sit passively below deck, she befriends the crew, becoming entangled in a mutinous uprising that threatens them all. Performed live with breakthrough technology and expansive visuals that put the audience aboard the troubled vessel, pen/man/ship is a heart-pounding story of truth-seeking at all cost and a powerful reminder of the dangerous limits of self-righteousness
Meet Christina Anderson
Christina's work has appeared at The Public Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Penumbra Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, and other theaters in the United States and Canada. Awards and honors: Inaugural Harper Lee Award for Playwriting, two PONY nominations, three Susan Smith Blackburn nominations, and Woursell Prize Finalist. Christina obtained her B.A. from Brown University and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama’s Playwriting Program. She's a resident playwright at New Dramatists, Epic Theatre Ensemble, and a DNAWORKS Ensemble member.
Creative Team
Director: Lucie Tiberghien
Producer: Garth Belcon
Production Manager: Thyra Hartshorn
Video Designer/Engineer: Rocco DiSanti
Production Designer: Lina Younes
Costume Designer: Ari Fulton
Lighting Designer: Marie Yokoyama
Original Music & Sound Designer: Victoria Deiorio
Head Animator: Ursula Echeverria
Animator: Emily Rawson
Assistant Director/Subtitles Supervisor: Chloé Noble
Sound Engineer: Daniel Williams
Production Stage Manager: Madison Lane
Community Liaison: Kaliswa Brewster
Marketing Associate: Nicole Breeden
Technology Consulting Group: Liminal Entertainment Technologies, LLC
Marketing & Advertising: Lisa Lewis
Publicity: David Gibbs/DARR Publicity
Presented in partnership with LeFrak Center, Lakeside and Prospect Park Alliance.
pen/man/ship is a Molière in the Park production, presented in partnership with LeFrak Center at Lakeside and Prospect Park Alliance.
We thank our 2021 season major supporters: The de Groot Foundation, Samira Wiley, Sybilla and Alex Balkanski, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, and Elizabeth and Jonathan Weiswasser.