Show Info For "Gem of the Ocean"
| Title: Gem of the Ocean | Show Type: Full Play / Musical |
| Theater Company: Long Beach Playhouse (Mainstage) | Venue: Long Beach Playhouse (Mainstage) |
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| Dates: 2/21/2026 - 3/21/2026 | Auditions Begin: 12/29/2025 |
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Description: Master playwright, August Wilson, blends naturalism, mysticism, and magical realism to explore the experience of a Black community at the turn of the 20th century. It’s 1904, and Citizen Barlow comes seeking asylum in the Pittsburgh Hill District home of matriarch and spiritual advisor Aunt Ester. She sets him off on a spiritual journey aboard the legendary slave ship Gem of the Ocean to visit the home of the ancestors, the City of Bones. Confronted with the plight of those who came before him, Citizen must come to terms with his own guilt in this unsettling but compelling story filled with humor and heart that is a touchstone for everything else that Wilson has written. | |
Artists involved in the production of this show:
| Asim Rashad- Actor |
| Bob Baumstem- Actor |
| Chaunice Hendking- Actor |
| Dan White- Actor |
| Daphne Jones- Actor |
| Deacon Hampton- Actor |
| Gary Gibson- Actor |
| Rovin Jay- Director |
| Sonya Randall- Assistant Director |
| Natasha Lopez- Stage Manager |