Off-Broadway's MCC Theater has added an additional week to the world premiere run of Donja R. Love's soft. The show will now run through July 17 in the Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, following its previous two-week extension through July 10. The Off-Broadway production was originally set to run through June 19 but had to reschedule opening night and performances due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company back in May.
Leon Addison Brown and Biko Eisen Martin in SOFT
Essence Lotus, Biko Eisen, Martin Shakur, Tolliver Dario Vazquez, Dharon Jones, Travis Raeburn, and Ed Ventura in SOFT
Dharon Jones, Essence Lotus, Shakur Tolliver, Travis Raeburn, and Ed Ventura in SOFT
Dario Vazquez, Essence Lotus. Dharon Jones, Ed Ventura, and Travis Raeburn in SOFT
Biko Eisen Martin, Dharon Jones, Dario Vazquez, Travis Raeburn, Shakur Tolliver, and Essence Lotus in SOFT
Biko Eisen Martin, Dario Vazquez, Dharon Jones, Essence Lotus, Ed Ventura, and Travis Raeburn in SOFT
Biko Eisen Martin and Travis Raeburn in SOFT
Biko Eisen Martin and Dharon Jones in SOFT
Directed by Whitney White, the work follows Mr. Isaiah, a correctional boarding school teacher, and his response to losing a student by suicide. The cast features Leon Addison Brown as Mr. Cartwright, Biko Eisen-Martin as Mr. Isaiah, Dharon Jones as Antoine, Essence Lotus as Dee, Travis Raeburn as Bashir, Shakur Tolliver as Kevin, Dario Vazquez as Jamal, and Ed Ventura as Eddie. Throughout the show's limited run, the venue hosted Black and Brown Theater Night and a variety of audience conversations. Read the reviews here.
The play features scenic design by Adam Rigg, costume design by Qween Jean, lighting design by Cha See, sound design by Germán Martínez, original music by Mauricio Escamilla, and fight direction by UnkleDave’s Fight-House. The prop supervisor is Andrew Diaz and the production stage manager is Rachel Denise April.
For more information, visit MCCTheater.com.
