Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder Jeff Perry and Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham will be featured in the North American premiere of Nina Raine’s Tribes, to play Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre, beginning February 16, with an opening set for March 4. As previously reported, David Cromer will direct.
The play centers on a deaf man born into a hearing family who meets a young woman on the brink of deafness. The work received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Play for its London premiere.
The cast will also include Will Brill, Russell Harvard, Susan Pourfar, and Gayle Rankin.
The creative team will feature Scott Pask (set), Tristan Raines (costumes), Keith Parham (lighting), Daniel Kluger (sound), and Jeff Sugg (projections).