Wine in the Wilderness

First Preview: Mar 06, 2025

Opening Date: Mar 24, 2025

Closing Date: Apr 19, 2025

Running Time: 01:25

https://www.classicstage.org/wine-in-the-wilderness/

Playing @

Classic Stage Company

136 E 13th St New York, NY 10003

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Fortune has smiled on artist Bill Jameson (Grantham Coleman)—his friends just introduced him to a model for the final piece of his triptych on Black womanhood. But this woman, Tomorrow Marie (Olivia Washington), is no mere muse, and she’s about to give Bill much more than he bargained for. Set against the backdrop of the 1964 Harlem riot on a hot summer night, Wine in the Wilderness is a rarely-seen play from the brilliant mind of Alice Childress, whose Trouble in Mind recently took Broadway by storm. That production’s star, Tony-winner LaChanze, brings her deep connection to Childress’s work to her New York directing debut.

Off Broadway Play - Drama

Age Guidance: 14

Show Notes: No intermission

COVID-19 Safety Information

Masks are required for the March 16 matinee performance only.

Audience Advisory:

This production contains strong language, adult situations and use of racial slurs.

Performance Schedule:

TUESDAY-SATURDAY @ 7 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM

March 29 @ 2 PM will be a sensory-friendly performance in consultation with TDF.
Thursday, April 3 @ 7 PM will be an ASL-interpreted performance.

Cast

Grantham Coleman
Olivia Washington
Brooks Brantly
Lakisha Michelle May
Milton Craig Nealy

Director

LaChanze

Written by

Alice Childress