Michael Hagins Announces Two Productions for June
SPECIAL ENCORE PERFORMANCE: S.U.N. in the U.S.A.
Saturday, June 25, @ 2 pm at Theatre Row Studios (Theatre 4), NYC
Michael Hagins’ unapologetic envelope-pushing history of how white voices have been speaking for black people since the dawn of our nation and the damage silence has caused a community.
Stephanie Cox-Connelly returns as director along with Duane Ferguson, who created the role of BLACK in the original production. They are joined by Alexandra Doering-Dorival, Gigi Principe, Michael Pichardo, Jeremy Goren, Michael Joseph Whitten, Tiffany Knight, Beth Griffith, Mary Sheridan, Alaina Hammond, Kofi Mills, and Tucker Dally Johnston
S.U.N. in the U.S.A. is a story that looks at history through the eyes of an African-American known as BLACK, who is “kindly” reminded just how good he has it in his time in the United States of America-from the beginning of African slavery to today’s culture.
Production stage managed by Stage managed by Sara Minisquero and Adam Sherwin; with costume design by Ellie Raab
THEATRE ROW THEATRES AND STUDIOS ARE LOCATED AT 420 WEST 42ND STREET, NYC
Michael Hagins credentials include: Off-Broadway: The Long Rail North (Soho Rep, FringeNYC); Basement (Roly Poly Productions); Michael is Black and The Renaissance Dueling Plays (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity); The Vengeance Room (FRIGID Festival). Regional credits include Hit and Match (Chicago Fringe, Johannesburg Fringe). Awards include Outstanding Playwriting – Hit and Match, 2013; Outstanding Overall Production of a Solo Show – Michael is Black; Winner of Best Playwriting, Best Director and Best Overall Production of NEPTA Awards for As You Wish It or The Bride Princess or What You Will, 2020; Winner – Best Play and Best Streaming Play, Off-Broadway Regional Awards – Hawai’i for A Shot Rang Out. Artistic Director, C.A.G.E. Theatre Company, 2021. Member, Dramatists Guild and an Advanced Actor-Combatant for the Society of American Fight Directors.