''Ain't No Mo'' is a play consisting of a series of
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...
-style vignettes written by
Jordan Cooper. The premise of the play is set in an alternate present where the
United States government has put forward a program to buy every Black person in America, who wishes, a one-way ticket to Africa. The vignettes portray how this program affects various characters and the people around them.
The show is notable for Cooper being the youngest Black American to make his Broadway playwriting debut at age 27.
Productions
Pre-Broadway Productions
The show debuted
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
on March 27, 2019 at the
Public Theatre.
There were also productions in Washington D.C. at
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and at
Baltimore Center Stage
Center Stage is the state theater of Maryland, and Baltimore's largest professional producing theater.
Center Stage began in a converted gymnasium in 1963 as a full arena theatre that seated 240 people. Today, Center Stage houses two performing ...
in October 2022.
Original Broadway Production
Broadway performances began previews November 9, 2022 ahead of a December 1 opening,
at the
Belasco Theatre starring Cooper,
Marchánt Davis
Marchánt Davis () is an American actor. He is known for his performance in the 2019 film '' The Day Shall Come''. He also played a supporting role in the film ''Tuscaloosa'' (2019). He was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his performance ...
, Fedna Jacquet, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ebony Marshall-Oliver and Shannon Matesky.
The production was directed by Stevie Walker-Webb and featured sets by
Scott Pask, lighting by Adam Honoré, costumes by
Emilio Sosa
Emilio Sosa (born February 23, 1967) is a costume designer for Broadway and is the current Chair for the American Theatre Wing Board of Trustees in New York City. He is a Tony Award nominated costume designer and is best known for his works Topdog ...
, sound by
Jonathan Deans
Jonathan Deans is an American sound designer. His work spans from Covent Garden, the Royal Opera House to The Beatles 'LOVE' and Michael Jackson's 'ONE' in Las Vegas.
Deans has been nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards. He is also been pres ...
and Taylor J. Williams, and hair/makeup/wigs by
Mia M. Neal and Kirk Cambridge Del-Pesche.
The Broadway production announced on December 9 that it would close on December 18, but on December 15 it announced an extension through December 23, running a total of 28 performances.
Notable casts
References
External links
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Broadway plays
Off-Broadway plays
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