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Play Identification Number
parvenus
Play
Venus
Award Winner
Suzan-Lori Parks
Play Description

Suzan-Lori Parks continues her examination of black people in history and stage through the life of the so-called "Hottentot Venus," an African woman displayed semi-nude throughout Europe due to her extraordinary physiognomy; in particular, her enormous buttocks. She was befriended, bought and bedded by a doctor who advanced his scientific career through his anatomical measurements of her after her premature death.

Premiere Theater
Public Theater
Weight
Premiere City
New York
Premiere Creative

Cast: Cedric Harris, Lynn Hawley, Kevin Isola, Peter Francis James, Mel Johnson Jr., John Lathan, Adriane Lenox, Adina Porter, Thomas Jay Ryan, Ben Shenkman, Sandra Shipley, and Rainn Wilson

Director: Richard Foreman

Production Image
P178
Production Image Caption
Steppenwolf (2011)
EAN
9781559361354
Publisher
TCG
Use Jacket
Y
E-Book
N
Premiere Year
1996
Pub Year
1997
Major Production Year
2011
Major Production Theater
Steppenwolf
Major Production City
Chicago
Major Production Creative

Cast: Carolyn Hoerdemann, Mildred Marie Langford, Jeff Parker, Michael Pogue, Ann Sonneville, and John Stokvis Director: Jess McLeod

Major Production 2 Date
4/25/17
Major Production 2 Year
2017
Major Production 2 Theater
Signature Theatre
Major Production 2 City
New York
Major Production 2 Creative

Cast: Hannah Cabell, John Ellison Conlee, Randy Dawson, Adam Green, Birgit Huppuch, Zainab Jah, Kevin Mambo, Patrena Murray, Reynaldo Piniella, Julian Rozzell, and Tony Torn

Director: Lear deBessonet

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