First Look at A.C.T.'s Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
(© Joan Marcus)
San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater production of Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), is set for its upcoming run April 25-May 20 in the Geary Theater. Check out photos from the production, presented as a coproduction with Yale Repertory Theatre, in the gallery below.
Written by Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient Suzan-Lori Parks, Father Comes Home from the Wars is inspired by the Odyssey and set amid the American Civil War. Hero's master offers him a terrible choice: earn freedom by fighting for the Confederacy, or stay with the woman he loves and remain enslaved.
Directed by Liz Diamond, Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) features Rotimi Agbabiaka, Eboni Flowers, Safiya Fredericks, Dan Hiatt, Steven Anthony Jones, Julian Elijah Martinez, Martin Luther McCoy, Chivas Michael, Tom Pecinka, James Udom, and Gregory Wallace.
The creative team includes Yi Zhao (lighting designer), Sarah Nietfeld (costume designer), Riccardo Hernández (scenic designer), Fred Kennedy (sound designer), Randy Duncan (choreographer), and Rick Sordelet (fight director).
