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Atlantic Theater Company's Cloud Nine Celebrates Opening Night

Caryl Churchill’s drama returns to New York for the first time since 1981.

Editorial Staff

Off-Broadway

October 6, 2015

Sean Dugan, Chris Perfetti, Brooke Bloom, Clarke Thorell, Izzie Steele, John Sanders, and Lucy Owen make up the cast of Cloud Nine. — Sean Dugan, Chris Perfetti, Brooke Bloom, Clarke Thorell, Izzie Steele, John Sanders, and Lucy Owen make up the cast of *Cloud Nine*.
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Atlantic Theater Company's revival of Caryl Churchill's landmark drama Cloud Nine celebrated its opening night on October 5. Directed by James Macdonald, the production at the Linda Gross Theater is scheduled to run through November 1.

Clarke Thorell, Chris Perfetti, and Sean Dugan celebrate their opening night.
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Set in colonial Africa and 1979 London, Cloud Nine is about power, politics, family, Queen Victoria, and sex. This is the first major production of the work since 1981. Featured in the company (in alphabetical order) are Brooke Bloom (You Got Older), Sean Dugan (Next Fall), Lucy Owen (The Village Bike), Chris Perfetti (The Tempest), John Sanders (Peter and the Starcatcher), Izzie Steele (What I Did Last Summer), and Clarke Thorell (Annie).