pen/man/ship

pen/man/ship by Christina Anderson, co-presented with French Institute Alliance Française in partnership with LeFrak Center at Lakeside and Prospect Park Alliance.

Tune in for 7 free live virtual performances—showtimes vary, RSVP today! 

Starring Crystal Lucas-Perry, Kevin Mambo, Jared McNeill, Postell Pringle

FREE and open to all. Closed captions will be available in French. 

1896: The Separate But Equal Doctrine has just been upheld in the Supreme Court of the United States as a Black American surveyor boards a ship to lead a mysterious expedition bound for Liberia. In tow are his troubled son, a rebellious young woman, and a skeptical crew. On the open sea an unexpected detour forces secrets out of hiding fundamentally changing the course of the journey and their lives. Christina Anderson creates a telling parable about violence, betrayal, faith, and freedom in this moving maritime epic.

Playwright’s Bio – Christina Anderson
Christina Anderson is a playwright, tv writer, educator, and creative. Her plays have appeared at The Goodman Theatre, OSF, The Public Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Rep, and other theaters in the United States and Canada. Awards and honors include: 2020 United States Artists Fellow, MacDowell Fellowship, Lily Awards Harper Lee Prize, Herb Alpert Award nomination, Barrymore Nomination, and New Dramatists Residency. Her work has appeared multiple times on the annual Kilroy’s List, an industry survey of excellent new works by female playwrights. She is also the winner of the Lucille Lortel Fellowship. Christina’s plays include: HOW TO CATCH CREATION; THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME; MAN IN LOVE; PEN/MAN/SHIP; THE ASHES UNDER GAIT CITY; and BLACKTOP SKY. She taught playwriting at Wesleyan University, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase College, and served as the interim Head of Playwriting at Brown University. Christina recently worked as a television staff writer on the CBS drama TOMMY. Current projects include: producing an album of instrumental hip hop music titled THE MONTAGE FLOW, and writing her first tv pilot THE ONLY ISAAC.