Sundown Names and Night-gone Things
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 14, 2009
Closed Jun 7, 2009
Opened May 14, 2009
Closed Jun 7, 2009
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The Castillo Theatre presents The New York premiere of The Negro Ensemble Company's Sundown Names and Night-gone Things, written by Tony Award nominated and Obie Award winning playwright, Leslie Lee. The production is directed by New Federal Theatre Founder Woodie King, Jr.
The play depicts the journey of 20-year-old Cairo Biggs, who has fled rural Mississippi for Chicago in the late 1930's in search of the Promised Land, armed with few skills but great curiosity.
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The respect owed to others and to ourselves is one of the primary themes of Leslie Lee's Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things, now receiving its New York premiere from the Negro Ensemble Company at the Castillo Theatre. But while the work has a worthy message, its effectiveness is undermined by flaws in both the play and director Woodie King Jr.'s production.
Set in 1938 Chicago, the play revolves around Cairo Biggs (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a young African American man from Mississippi working at the South Side Burial Society, selling insurance. His co-workers -- Travis McKinley (Marcus Naylor), Arjay Thorton (Nathan Purdee), and Boyd Henry (Ralph McCain) -- spend most of their time talki[...]