On a balmy night in Miami, a soon-to-be mother, Sula, floats ashore on a car tire. Having braved a perilous journey to escape her native Haiti, Sula is determined to forge a better life in America for her unborn son. She soon finds safety in an apartment building that shelters refugees in need, joining a diverse community of immigrants, each with their own unique dreams and dilemmas. But even though the life she has hoped for seems within reach, Sula knows she can’t outrun her demons forever.

Laced with wisdom, wit and grace, Little Children Dream of God is a timely new drama about learning to start a new life by facing the one you left behind.

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Cast

Gilbert Cruz – Manuel
Carl Hendrick Louis – Toussaint and Man
Maurice Jones – Joel
Chris Myers – Vishal
Deirdre O’Connell – Carolyn
Carra Patterson – Sula
Crystal Lucas-Perry – Madison

Full Cast Details Below

 

 

The Playwright

 

Jeff Augustin

(Playwright) is a MFA Playwriting Candidate. His play Cry Old Kingdom received its world premiere at the 2013 Humana Festival of New American Plays. His work has been developed at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference (Little Children Dream of God); Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Ground Floor (Krik? Krak! or The Last Tiger in Haiti); and A.C.T. (in the crowding darkness). Jeff’s play The Imaginary Life of Millo St. Jean was developed and produced by Snapdragon in New York. He is the winner of the 2011 Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. Jeff graduated from Boston College with a BA in Theatre Arts. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, and now has made a debut at Roundabout with “Little Children Dream of God.

 

 

Creative

 

Giovanna Sardelli – Director

 

Full Cast Details

Gilbert Cruz – Manuel

NY credits include: Intar, Cherry lane, Ma-Yi, HERE, EST and Women’s Project. Regional credits include: Seattle Rep, Cleveland Play House, McCarter Theater, Geva, Missouri Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Alliance, Old Globe, Florida Stage, Portland Stage, Merrimack Rep and Coconut Grove Playhouse. Film credits include: Daughter of God, Sex and the City, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and Cradle Will Rock. TV credits include: “Girls,” “In Treatment,” “Person of Interest,” and “Blue Bloods.” He is an associate artist at Intar, where he hosts the Monday night open mic/salon
Carl Hendrick Louis – Toussaint and Man

Off-Broadway: The King’s Whore (Walkerspace); In Fields Where They Lay (Hudson Guild Theatre); Marat/Sade (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional: Sunset Baby (Kitchen Theatre Company). Film: Fan Girl, Unknown Soldier. Education: NYU’s Graduate Acting and Fordham University’s Theatre Program.
Maurice Jones – Joel

Broadway: Romeo and Juliet (Gregory), Julius Caesar (Lucius). He has performed at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in Ruined, A Christmas Carol, The Taming of the Shrew, To Kill A Mockingbird. Julius Caesar (Folger Theatre). The Learned Ladies (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). Other theatre credits include: Our Town, Richard III, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Topdog/Underdog, Charley’s Aunt, Fahrenheit 451, Ragtime, Once on This Island, Six Degrees of Separation and Lay My Burden Down (an original solo show inspired by Aaron the Moor from Williams Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus).TV/Film: 30 Rock, Winter’s Tale, And So It Goes. Maurice is a graduate of Rutgers University and the National Theatre Conservatory.
Chris Myers – Vishal

Off-Broadway: An Octoroon (Obie; Soho Rep), Brownsville Song (LCT3), Honky (Urban Stages), Alondra Was Here (Wild Project), Phoebe in Winter (Clubbed Thumb), As Himself/10×25 (Atlantic), Macbeth (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional: Fences (McCarter Theatre/Long Wharf), The Golden Dragon (Studio Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Youth Ink Festival (McCarter). Other Theater: Uncle Vanya, Arms and the Man, Othello, The Crucible, Hurt Village, Book of Days, The Cold Front and The Americans (The Juilliard School). Film: EVOL (upcoming), Post-Emma. Education: The Juilliard School Drama Division, British American Drama Academy.
Deirdre O’Connell – Carolyn

Recent theatre credits include By The Water (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Way West (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Scarcity (Rattlestick); A Family For All Occasions (Labyrinth, of which she is a proud member); The Vandal (The Flea Theater); Magic/Bird (Longacre Theatre); Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie and Drama Desk Awards; Playwrights Horizons); In The Wake (Los Angeles Ovation Award, Richard Seff Actor’s Equity Award, Lortel nomination; The Public Theater and Mark Taper Forum). Film includes Synecdoche, NY, Eternal Sunshine….TV includes recurring roles on “Nurse Jackie” and “The Affair.” Obie for Sustained Excellence in Performance.
Carra Patterson – Sula

Broadway: Wit (Manhattan Theatre Club). Off-Broadway: Luck of the Irish (Lincoln Center 3), Richard III (Epic Theater / Signature Theater), Measure for Measure (Public Theater). Regional: In the Red & Brown Water (Alliance), Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (dir. Kenny Leon, True Colors), The Wiz (True Colors). Film: Straight Outta Compton. TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife.” MFA: NYU Graduate Acting Program.
Crystal Lucas-Perry – Madison

New York Theatre: Sheila’s Day (Lincoln Center), The Wedding Play (Tank Theatre). Williamstown Theatre: Far From Heaven (dir. Michael Grief), A Street Car Named Desire (dir. David Cromer), Finding Robert Hutchens (dir. Sheryl Kaller), When You’re Here (dir. Portia Krieger). Other Theatre: The Cherry Orchard (dir. Victor Pappas), Restoration (dir. Mark Wing-Davey), Rice and Chicken Parts (dir. Patricia McGregor), Stick Fly (dir. Susan Fenichell). Film: Frank and Azalee Austin (Craft Acting Award). MFA, Tisch Grad Acting at NYU.

Giovanna Sardelli – Director

is an award-winning director who has worked on the world premieres of plays by Rajiv Joseph, Matthew Lopez, Theresa Rebeck, Lynn Rosen, and Zoe Kazan among others. She has worked off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Second Stage, Vineyard, Playwrights Realm, The Women’s Project and Ensemble Studio Theatre. She has directed numerous productions for Dorset Theatre Festival, where she is the Resident Director, Barrington Stage Company, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, TheatreWorks, The Old Globe, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse, CTG, and Hudson Stage Company. Her production of Somewhere by Matthew Lopez is currently running at Hartford Stage Company. She has been part of The Lark Play Development Center since its beginnings and has developed plays there and at the Sundance Theatre Lab, The O’Neill, Playwright’s Center, New York Stage & Film, EST, Berkshire Playwrights Lab, and many other places. She was the Resident Director of The Acting Company for their 2002/2003 Season. She spent two seasons as the Director of the Shakespeare Sedona Institute and two seasons as the Artist Director of Studio Tisch. Ms. Sardelli spent over a decade on the faculty of the Dance Department and five years on the faculty of the Graduate Acting Program of NYU. She received her MFA in acting from NYU, and is also a graduate of their Director’s Lab.

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