The Public Theater production runs through June 30.
Venice, Matt Sax and Eric Rosen’s futuristic riff on Shakespeare’s Othello, celebrated its opening night at the Public Theater on Thursday, June 13 with a post-performance party in the lobby of the company’s Lafayette Street home. Haaz Sleiman, Jennifer Damiano, and Leslie Odom Jr. lead the company of the new rap-infused musical, which runs in the Public’s Anspacher Theater through June 30. Check out photos from the opening-night festivities in the photo gallery below.
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Haaz Sleiman takes on the title role, political revolutionary Venice Monroe.
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Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano plays Venice’s love interest, Willow Turner.
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Uzo Aduba plays Venice’s late mother, a fighter for peace, and Leslie Odom Jr. appears as Venice’s military man brother, Markos.
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Victoria Platt and Angela Polk take on the roles of Emilia and Hailey Daisy, respectively.
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Jonathan-David appears as Theo Westbrook, the CEO of a company that is keeping the futuristic city safe. Or is it?
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Matt Sax, who plays the narrating Clown MC, smiles alongside his co-writer and the production’s director, Eric Rosen.
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Writer/director Eric Rosen (right) shares a photo with his husband,
Venice cast member Claybourne Elder.
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Ensemble ladies Emilee Dupre and Semhar Ghebremichael are ready to party.
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Musical director Curtis Moore poses with choreographer Chase Brock.
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Actor Terrell Tilford is present to cheer on his wife,
Venice cast member Victoria Platt.
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Prolific theater director Moises Kaufman strikes his signature pose.
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Peter Francis James smiles for the camera.
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Doubt Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox is also ready to lead the cheering section.
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Sax and Rosen stop for photos with the Public’s head honchos Mandy Hackett (left), Oskar Eustis (right), and Patrick Wallingham (right).
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