The Humans by Stephen Karam – Director by Joe Mantello
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre First Preview Jan 24, 2016
Opening Night Feb 18, 2016
Closing Jan 15, 2017
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Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ramshackle pre-war duplex, eerie things start to go bump in the night. Soon, family tensions reach a boiling point ! and the hilarity, heart and horrors of the Blake clan are exposed.
Cast
Cassie Beck – Aimee Blake
Reed Birney – Erik Blake
Jayne Houdyshell – Deirdre Blake
Lauren Klein – Fiona “Momo” Blake
Arian Moayed – Richard
Sarah Steele – Brigid Blake
Blair Baker -u/s Aimee Blake, Brigid Blake
Michael Bryan French – u/s Erik Blake
Lizbeth Mackay – u/s Dierdre Blake
Susanne Marley – u/s Fiona “Momo” Blake
Nick Mills – u/s Richard Saad
Creative Team
Stephen Karam – Playwright
Joe Mantello – Director
David Zinn – Set Design
Sarah Laux – Costume Design
Justin Townsend – Lighting Design
Fitz Patton– Sound Design
William Joseph Barnes – Production Stage Manager
Back Story
The play had its world premiere at the American Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois in November 2014, directed by PJ Paparelli. Chris Jones, in his review for the Chicago Tribune, wrote: “kind, warm, beautifully observed and deeply moving new play, a celebration of working-class familial imperfection and affection and a game-changing work for this gifted young playwright.”
The Humans opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre on September 30, 2015 in previews, and officially on October 25, 2015 in a limited run produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, with positive reviews, and ran until January 3, 2016. It transferred to Broadway to the Helen Hayes Theatre, opening on February 18, 2016 and closing at the Helen Hayes Theatre on July 24, 2016.
The play then transferred to the Schoenfeld Theatre opening on August 9, 2016. (The Helen Hayes will have major renovations starting in August 2016.) The play will close its Broadway engagement on January 15, 2017.
Directed by Joe Mantello, the Off-Broadway cast featured Cassie Beck (Aimee), Reed Birney (Erik), Jayne Houdyshell (Deirdre), Lauren Klein (Fiona “Momo” Blake), Arian Moayed (Richard), and Sarah Steele (Brigid). The Off-Broadway cast moved to Broadway
Stephen Karam
Stephen Karam is the author of The Humans and Sons of the Prophet, a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of the 2012 Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and Hull-Warriner Awards for Best Play. Other plays include Speech & Debate, the inaugural production of Roundabout Underground; and columbinus (New York Theatre Workshop). He wrote the libretto for Dark Sisters, an original chamber opera with composer Nico Muhly.For film, Stephen has written screenplay adaptations of Chekhov’s The Seagull (starring Annette Bening, Elisabeth Moss, Corey Stoll and Saoirse Ronan), and Speech & Debate, both scheduled for release in 2016. Stephen is a MacDowell Colony fellow, and the recipient of the inaugural Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Drama Desk Award. He teaches playwriting at The New School. Born and raised in Scranton, PA, he’s a graduate of Brown University.
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The Humans opened on Broadway at The Helen Hayes Theatre and due to theatre renovations, it moves to Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
