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The Humans

The Humans

by Stephen Karam

Award-Winning
Comedy
Critically-Acclaimed
Small Cast (1-8)

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The Humans

The Humans





Stephen Karam's Tony Award-Winning play about a Thanksgiving dinner gone awry.


Story:

Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ramshackle pre-war duplex, eerie things start to go bump in the night and the heart and horrors of the Blake clan are exposed.


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Fun Fact

The Pulitzer Prize committee said the play was "a profoundly affecting drama that sketches the psychological and emotional contours of an average American family."
Pulitzer Prize Website

Playwright

Playwright
Stephen Karam



Broadway Premiere

Theatre
Helen Hayes Theatre, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Opening Night
Feb 18, 2016
Total Performances
365
Original Cast
Cassie Beck, Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell, Lauren Klein, Arian Moayed, Sarah Steele
Director
Joe Mantello
Producer
Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director; Sydney Beers, General Manager), Fox Theatricals, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Roy Furman, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Eli Bush, Broadway Across America, Jack Lane, Barbara Whitman, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, Amanda Lipitz, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lauren Stein and The Shubert Organization (Philip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)
Scenic Design
David Zinn
Costume Design
Sarah Laux
Lighting Design
Justin Townsend
Sound Design
Fitz Patton



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2016 Tony Award Nominations

Best Play
Best Performance By An Actor In A Featured Role In A Play - Reed Birney
Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play - Jayne Houdyshell
Best Scenic Design Of A Play
Best Direction Of A Play
Best Lighting Design Of A Play

2016 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Play
Outstanding Sound Design In A Play
Outstanding Lighting Design For A Play
Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Outstanding Director Of A Play

2016 Drama League Award Nominations

Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
Distinguished Performance - Reed Birney
Distinguished Performance - Jayne Houdyshell

2016 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding New Broadway Play
Outstanding Actor in a Play - Reed Birney
Outstanding Actress in a Play - Jayne Houdyshell
Outstanding Director of a Play

2016 Pulitzer Prize Nominations

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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