Campbell, Hamilton, Pressman, Smith, Weiss, et al. Set for Of Equal Measure (Theater Mania, June 04, 2008)

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Campbell, Hamilton, Pressman, Smith, Weiss, et al. Set for Of Equal Measure

By: Brian Scott Lipton · Jun 4, 2008 · Los Angeles

Michael T. Weiss
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Full cast and creative team have been announced for the world premiere of Tanya Barfield's drama Of Equal Measure, to play the Kirk Douglas Theatre, June 29-July 27. The production, which will open officially on July 11, will be directed by Leigh Silverman.

The play provides an illuminating perspective of the Woodrow Wilson presidency as viewed through the character of Jade Kingston, an African American stenographer working in the White House, to be played by Obie Award LisaGay Hamilton.

The cast also includes Christian Campbell, Denis Cockrum, Scott Dawson, Michael Hyland, Joseph C. Phillips, Lawrence Pressman, T. Ryder Smith, Christopher Warren, and Michael T. Weiss.

The creative team features Richard Hoover and Sybil Wickersheimer (sets), Rachel Myers (costumes), Lap Chi Chu (lighting), Adam Phalen (sound), Jason H. Thompson (projection), and Kathryn Bostic (music composition). Silverman and Barfield previously worked together on the play Blue Door.