Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning The Skin of Our Teeth officially opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater April 25. Obie winner and LCT Resident Director Lileana Blain-Cruz makes her Broadway directorial debut helming the production, which coincides with the 125th anniversary of the Our Town playwright's birth. The production began performances April 1.
Leading the cast are James Vincent Meredith, Roslyn Ruff, Paige Gilbert, Julian Robertson, Gabby Beans, and Priscilla Lopez, appearing alongside Eunice Bae, Terry Bell, Ritisha Chakraborty, William DeMeritt, Jeremy Gallardo, Avery Glymph, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Noor Hamdi, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Maya Jackson, Anaseini Katoa, Cameron Keitt, Megan Moax, Kathimarice Lopez, Lindsay Rico, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Julyana Soelistyo, Phillip Taratula, Beau Thom, Alphonso Walker, Jr., Arienne Wells, and Sarin Monae West in the ensemble.
See photos from the production's starry opening night below:
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Lileana Blain-Cruz and Gabby Beans
Beau Thom, Alphonso Walker Jr., Jeremy Gallardo, and Sarin Monae West
Gabby Beans
Sarin Monae West, Terry Bell, Maya Jackson, and Kathiamarice Lopez
James Vincent Meredith and Paige Gilbert
Company members of The Skin of Our Teeth
Lileana Blain-Cruz, Roslyn Ruff, Julian Robertson, Paige Gilbert, and James Vincent Meredith
James Vincent Meredith and Roslyn Ruff
William DeMeritt and Jeremy Gallardo
James Vincent Meredith
Priscilla Lopez
Ritisha Chakraborty and Cameron Keitt
Matt Wall and Cameron Adams
J.T. Rogers
Stella Mighe and Lynn Nottage
Alana Raquel Bowers Aigner Mizelle
Stephen Rider
Creative Team of The Skin of Our Teeth
Michael Judson Berry
Alana Raquel Bowers
Alexander Bello
Charles Browning
Adrianna Mitchell
Dylan Baker and Becky Ann Baker
Caleb Eberhardt and guest
Jeff Still
Kirk Cambridge Del Pesche
PHOTOS: Go Behind-the-Scenes at The Skin of Our Teeth Tech Rehearsals
The production, which includes new material by Gloria and Everybody playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, also features sets by Adam Rigg, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting by Yi Zhao, sound by Palmer Hefferan, and projections by Hannah Wasileski. Charles M. Turner III is the stage manager, and casting is by Daniel Swee.
Following the Antrobus family through an Ice Age, a biblical flood, and war, The Skin of Our Teeth looks closely at what it means to survive and to live. The work premiered on Broadway in 1942 with a production starring Tallulah Bankhead, Frederic March, Florence Eldridge, and Montgomery Clift. The piece would go on to win the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In the years since, the work has been revived on Broadway two times before this current production, which is the Main Stem's first since 1975.
Company of The Skin of Our Teeth
Roslyn Ruff, Julian Robertson, Paige Gilbert, and James Vincent Meredith
James Vincent Meredith and Company of The Skin of Our Teeth
James Vincent Meredith and Roslyn Ruff
Priscilla Lopez and Company of The Skin of Our Teeth
Gabby Beans
Roslyn Ruff, Julian Robertson, James Vincent Meredith, and Paige Gilbert
Julian Robertson, Roslyn Ruff, and Paige Gilbert
