The New York Theatre Workshop and co-producer American Repertory Theater will present The Half-God of Rainfall, a new play by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles), from July 13-August 20.
Directed by Taibi Magar, The Half-God of Rainfall is a contemporary epic that weaves poetry and storytelling in a majestic journey that transports us from a tiny village in South West Nigeria to an NBA arena in the United States to the hallowed halls of Mount Olympus, where the mothers, daughters and goddesses take a stand against the fragile, furious and entitled gods. Obie Award winner and NYTW Usual Suspect Taibi Magar (Help) directs with choreography by Orlando Pabotoy (Henry VI, Part 1, 2, 3).
The cast features Jason Bowen as Sàngó, Mister Fitzgerald as Demi, Patrice Johnson Chevannes as Osún, Michael Laurence as Zeus, Lizan Mitchell as Elegba, Jennifer Mogbock as Modúpé and Alexandra Silber as Hera.
For more information and tickets, visit https://www.nytw.org/show/the-half-god-of-rainfall/.
