Cast Announced for Pure Confidence in Minneapolis, to Be Directed by Marion McClinton

Full casting has been announced for Carlyle Brown’s Pure Confidence, to play Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, January 15-February 1, with an opening on January 16. Tony nominee Marion McClinton will direct.

The play is set against a backdrop of fast horses, gritty racetracks, and high stakes betting, and tells the tale of one of the most successful athletes of his day — Simon Cato, a slave. The play will feature Gavin Lawrence, Regina Williams, Mark Sieve, Karen Landry, and Chris Mulkey.

McClinton received a Tony nomination for his direction of August Wilson’s King Hedley II, and additional Main Stem credits include Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Drowning Crow. He received a Drama Desk nomination for his production of Jitney. He will also direct Samuel Beckett’s Endgame for Ten Thousand Things Theater Company in Minneapolis later this season.

For more information, visit www.mixedblood.com.