Inked Baby
- Written by Christina Anderson
- Directed by Kate Whoriskey
CHRISTINA ANDERSON (Playwright) was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Her work has appeared at Ars Nova, Mark Taper Forum, The Coterie Theater, Rites and Reason, The Public Theater, Horizon Theater, and the Playwrights’ Center. Awards and honors include Susan Smith Blackburn nomination (2007), Lorraine Hansberry Award (American College Theater Festival 2004), Van Lier Playwriting Fellowship (New Dramatists 2005-06), Wasserstein Prize nomination (Dramatists Guild 2006), and Lucy Lortel Fellowship (Brown University 2007). American Theater magazine selected Christina as one of fifteen up-and-coming artists “whose work will be transforming America’s stages for decades to come.”
At Playwrights Horizons: Fabulation, Inked Baby. Other New York credits include the recent Her Requiem at LCT3, The Miracle Worker on Broadway, Dear Elizabeth at The Women’s Project, Tales from Red Vienna and Ruined at Manhattan Theatre Club (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel nominations), How I Learned to Drive at Second Stage Theatre, The Piano Teacher at the Vineyard Theatre, Oroonoko at TFANA and Massacre at the Labyrinth Theatre Company (of which she is a member). Recent Regional credits include Lynn Nottage’s Sweat at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Arena Stage.
(as of 08/23/2016)
Stuck for money and unable to conceive, Gloria enlists the aid of her sister to make the child that she and her husband can't. As they uneasily await the baby's arrival, a mysterious contamination spreads outside. But consumed by their own struggles, is anyone paying attention? In this imaginative, other-worldly new drama, one family fights to find its place in a neglected neighborhood.
Featuring
Che Ayende
Michael Genet
Damon Gupton
LaChanze
Angela Lewis
Nana Mensah
Nikkole Salter
is thrilled and honored to be the first to realize Annie in the World and New York Premieres of Milk Like Sugar. Her Off-Broadway credits include: Pidgeon (Ensemble Studio Theater); The Brother/Sister Plays and Unconditional (The Public Theater); Inked Baby (Playwrights Horizons); The Tempest (Brave New World Theatre Company); Sand (Women’s Project); and Hoodoo Love (Cherry Lane Theatre, Audelco Award Nomination, Best Lead Actress). Ms. Lewis is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.F.A.) and a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company. (As of October 2011)
Creative Team
Andromache Chalfant
Scenic DesignerKaye Voyce
Costume DesignerJason Lyons
Lighting DesignerRob Milburn & Michael Bodeen
Sound DesignerKasey Ostupchuck
Production Stage ManagerKaye Voyce is a costume and set designer active in theater, opera, dance and performance. She received her BFA and MFA in theatrical design from New York University in 1994. She is represented by Rachel Viola at United Talent Agency.
Photos of (1) LaChanze and Angela Lewis; (2) Damon Gupton, Angela Lewis, and Michael Genet; (3) LaChanze and Che Ayende; and (4) LaChanze and Damon Gupton by Joan Marcus.
Topical and spooky. Christina Anderson is a talented newcomer who’s unafraid to take risks. Direction by Kate Whoriskey is excellent. Tony-winner LaChanze is gutsy.
A deeply moving drama with a sterling cast. Christina Anderson is a gifted playwright you want to pay attention to. She has the voice of a poet, and the honesty of her voice and the integrity of her characters should stand her in good stead.
FOUR STARS. First-rate writing and consistently solid acting. It’s clear from the opening scene that the play’s young author has a great deal of promise.
