Tambo & Bones
OFF SALE
May 1 – May 29, 2022
World Premiere Production
“Dave Harris' challenging and formally unique pieces mark the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a long life in the American theatre.” -- Santa Barbara Independent
Tambo and Bones are two characters trapped in a minstrel show. It’s hard to feel like a real person when you’re trapped in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even. Imaginative and provocative, Tambo & Bones is a daring and explosive rags-to-riches roast of America’s past, present, and future at the intersection of racism and capitalism. And what’s at stake, for those deemed less-than-human, is the fate of humanity itself.
A co-production with Playwrights Horizons.
A Note from the Playwright
“I began writing this play while watching the founding fires of this country continue to burn. I began writing this play to confront the fact that now, through the theatre and writing, those fires have somehow become a gateway to artistic success. Now in this moment, when everywhere we turn there is another fire and another reckoning. In this moment when Black people are tearing down racism in the white community and reckoning with capitalism in our own. When our pain is demonized in the media and rewarded onstage. This play was the most fun way to explore something that terrified me, and I am thrilled that it will be a part of theatre's return to both L.A. and New York. Center Theatre Group and its staff have been so incredibly supportive since this play had its first public reading and throughout this pandemic. It brings me tremendous joy to know that, when theatre returns, Taylor and I will be bringing this wild ass play to life.” —Playwright Dave Harris
Creative Team
Written by Dave Harris
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Scenic Design Stephanie Osin Cohen
Costume Design Dominique Fawn Hill
Lighting Design Amith Chandrashaker, Mextly Couzin
Sound Design Mikhail Fiksel
Original Music Justin Ellington
Fight Director J. David Brimmer
Production Stage Manager Marcedés L. Clanton
cast
W. Tré Davis
Tyler Fauntleroy
Tim Kopacz
Alexander Neher
OFF SALE
Opens Sunday, May 8, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. (Previews May 1 – May 7, 2022) Through May 29, 2022 Kirk Douglas Theatre Performance
Days and Times: • Tuesday through Friday at 8:00 p.m. • Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. • Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. • No Monday performances. • Exceptions: No 2 p.m. May 7 performance; no 1 p.m. May 8 performance.
Run Time and Intermission: 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission
Ticket Prices: $30 – $75 (Ticket prices are subject to change.)