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American Players Theatre
5950 Golf Course Road
P.O. Box 819
Spring Green, WI 53588
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The Island
Testing Humanity
This play will get under your skin. It's personal and enormous; two men sentenced to life in the belly of a system stacked against them. But their friendship brings them freedom. Gives them levity and light. Rays of joy, made purer by their bleak backdrop. It's beautiful. Even funny. Laughter is vital to their humanity, as they wait in the cold for change to come. Rich and visceral, The Island is one of the great protest plays of our generation, from South Africa's most earnest and eloquent spokesmen.
Featuring
La Shawn Banks & Chiké Johnson
Summary
John and Winston are black political prisoners in South Africa, spending their days at hard labor and their evenings rehearsing Sophocles' Antigone. Though the two men are deeply bonded to one another, their friendship is tested when John discovers that his most recent appeal was successful, while Winston is still looking at years of brutal incarceration ahead. A profile on the depth of human resilience in the face of unspeakable injustice and racism.
This play contains some strong language. For more information, contact the Box Office.
Herbal cigarettes will be smoked on stage during the performance.
Staff
Voice & Dialect Coach
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design & Original Music
Fight Director
Stage Manager
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Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
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Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an Independent Labor Union
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Member of United Scenic Artists
BWW Review: Exploring Corruption in APT's THE ISLAND
By Amanda Finn, Broadway World, August 18, 2015.
‘An Iliad' and ‘The Island' Reviews: The Smell of Blood and Bronze
By Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2015.
AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE: Pride and Prejudice, The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Island
By Melissa Hall, Stage Write, July 2, 2015.
HEAR ME ROAR: A trio of classics at American Players Theatre tell stories of three iconic women.
By Paul Kosidowski, Milwaukee Magazine, July 1, 2015.
APT's 'Island' carries haunting impact
Aaron Conklin, Madison Magazine, June 25, 2015.
Bound together: American Players Theatre's apartheid-era The Island is masterful and emotionally gripping
By Gwendolyn Rice, Isthmus, June 28, 2015.
APT's 'The Island' offers a timely view of racial oppression
By Mike Fischer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, June 24, 2015.
Theater review: Imprisoned but fighting, APT's 'The Island' stages a poetic protest
By Lindsay Christians, The Capital Times, June 23, 2015.
'The Island' is closer than we think
By Gayle Worland, Wisconsin State Journal, June 15, 2015.
Chike Johnson brings a questioning approach to 'Othello'
By Mike Fischer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 17, 2015.
