AMERICAN SON

A Florida police station in the middle of the night. Two parents searching for answers. Kerry Washington (“Scandal,” Race) returns to the Broadway stage alongside Steven Pasquale (“American Crime Story,” Junk), Eugene Lee (Gem of the Ocean), and Jeremy Jordan (“Supergirl,” Newsies), in the riveting new play, AMERICAN SON. Marking the Broadway debut of playwright Christpoher Demos-Brown and directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences), AMERICAN SON is a gripping tale about who we are as a nation, and how we deal with family relationships, love, loss, and identity.

The Project

Cast:		Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan, Eugene Lee
Director:		Kenny Leon
Playwright:		Christopher Demos-Brown
Producers:		Jeffrey Richards, Shonda Rhimes, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade, Simpson Street, Rebecca Gold, Will Trice, Stephen Byrd, Alia Jones-Harvey, Bruce Robert Harris & Jack W. Batman, Greenleaf Productions, Van Kaplan and Gabrielle Palitz, David Johnson and Jesse Singer
Format:		Broadway Play, and subsequently adapted into a Netflix Film
Status:		Limited Broadway engagement ended on January 27, 2019. Now streaming on Netflix as part of the newly launched “Black Lives Matter Collection“

The Reason

An exploration of embedded racism, stereotypes and violence through the lens of an interracial mother and father looking for their teenage son, we believe “American Son” will add necessary empathy and understanding to these important and timely issues.

ENGAGE

The production partnered with The Opportunity Agenda to create a thoughtful audience engagement tool Raising American Son: A Discussion Guide.

Following the November 27th, 2018 and January 10th, 2019 shows, audience members were treated with an incredible opportunity to connect live with the cast, show creators as well as leaders in the activist community via a moderated interactive discussion on the issues.