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Primary Stages' Feeding the Dragon Opens Off-Broadway

Maria Mileaf directs the show written and performed by Sharon Washington.

Jason Zednick
Off-Broadway
Feeding the Dragon star Sharon Washington celebrates opening night with friend and former While I Yet Live costar S. Epatha Merkerson.
Feeding the Dragon star Sharon Washington celebrates opening night with friend and former While I Yet Live costar S. Epatha Merkerson.
(© Catherine Pankow)

Primary Stages production of Feeding the Dragon, written and performed by Sharon Washington and presented in a coproduction with Hartford Stage, opened Tuesday, April 3, at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Directed by Maria Mileaf, the solo play is set to run through April 27.

Sharon Washington celebrates opening night of Feeding the Dragon with a cake of her former home at the New York Public LIbrary.
Sharon Washington celebrates opening night of Feeding the Dragon with a gingerbread house of her former home at the New York Public Library.
(© Catherine Pankow)

In Feeding the Dragon, Sharon revisits her time growing up in an apartment on the top floor of the St. Agnes branch of the New York Public Library, where her father served as the building's custodian. Shrouded in family mystery, Sharon's story boldly examines how both the power of forgiveness and her lifelong love for the written word have helped her battle dragons of all forms.

Alexandra Silber and Danny Burstein stop for a photo on opening night Feeding the Dragon.
Alexandra Silber and Danny Burstein stop for a photo on opening night Feeding the Dragon.
(© Catherine Pankow)

Feeding the Dragon features scenic design by Tony Ferrieri, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Ann Wrightson, and sound design by Lindsay Jones.

Gina Torres was in the audience for opening night of Feeding the Dragon.
Gina Torres was in the audience for opening night of Feeding the Dragon.
(© Catherine Pankow)

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