THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field
and
FULTON ARTS FOUNDATION
Presents
The Prior 55
ANTHEM AWARDS 2024 WINNER
December 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Talkbacks every Sunday
Tickets: $18, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
CINO THEATER
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions
In a rural part of southeastern Louisiana, Mahala, raised by her parrain Takoda, became an upwardly-mobile professional and upon losing him realizes all she has worked so hard to achieve has not satiated her. Wanting to connect on a deeper level and live the values he instilled in her, she became a psychiatric nurse and set her sights on a French Quarter bluesman she realizes is unhoused and wants desperately to help. But as she seeks to get to the bottom of his trauma, what does one do when they realize the one helping them needs help too?
Post-show talk-back including the playwright, director, actors and subject matter experts, moderated by John David West every Sunday that the show runs.
CAST
Michael Green
Martine Fleurisma*
PRODUCTION
Playwright – Andrea J. Fulton
Director – Patricia Floyd
Set Design – Ulric O’Flaherty
Light & Sound Design – Ken Coughlin
Costume Design – Omar Sama’ey
Stage Manager – Lawrence Floyd
Asst. Stage Manager – Megan Zammit
Producer – Fulton Arts Foundation
Associate Producer – Allen Craig Harris