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anLate at night, deep in the woods of southern Illinois, a ghost tells Gail she will die within the next 24 hours. So begins The Refuge Plays, an epic tale that follows one Black family over 70 years. Written by former 2050 Artistic Fellow and NYTW Usual Suspect Nathan Alan Davis, this bold reimagining of an American “family play” is full of humor, heart and surprises. NYTW Artistic Director and Usual Suspect Patricia McGregor directs.

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The Refuge Plays

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

A Conversation with Tessa Thompson and Marc Anthony Thompson.

The Magic Theatre’s own Lead Director- and co-director of the play- Sean San José will introduce the event and a short Q&A. Tickets are $100 for thise event, and do NOT include tickets to the show on Sunday at 3PM. This is one of one of a few select benefit events for the Magic Theatre- to support the Magic Theatre’s new and robust Residency Program. Last year’s Special Benefit Valentine’s with Colman Domingo- featured the Magic’s Board Member and collaborator Colman Domingo.  The larger annual Gala Benefit event, which last year featured Ed Harris and Kathy Baker reuniting with the original cast of Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love, will this year be August 10, 2023– you never know who will show up!

House of Thompson

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

Marc Anthony Thompson is a world renowned composer, songwriter, musician, performer- who has spent the past two decades creating new performance pieces for the stage with the great Roger Guenveur Smith. In his first full fledged play, Marc Anthony takes us into an inspired true story of  a couple who miraculously escaped from chattel slavery from a plantation in Georgia to freedom in Boston. A provocation in Black creation, from its brazen title to the intentional inversion of minstrelsy, this genre-shattering piece will layer original music, movement, and film and engage us in the horror and humor of history masterfully retold.

The Ni??er Lovers

Obie Award-winning collaborators Roger Guenveur Smith and Marc Anthony Thompson have devised new work inspired by Otto Frank, the father of diarist Anne Frank. Smith's intimate meditation, scored live by Thompson, illuminates our present moment through a rigorous interrogation of our not-so-distant past. Smith's Frank addresses his daughter beyond her time and his own, navigating his loss as the only survivor of his immediate family, and negotiating his subsequent service to the living and the dead as the steward of her work.

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Events

Past events

Sep 16 - Nov 12, 2023

The Refuge Plays · New York Theatre Workshop

May 7, 2023

House of Thompson · Magic Theatre

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