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West Coast Premiere

Barbecue

09.06 – 10.16.2016

Written By: Robert O'Hara
Directed By: Colman Domingo
Featuring: Cherise Boothe, Yvette Cason, Dale Dickey, Omar J. Dorsey, Frances Fisher, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Travis Johns, Elyse Mirto, Heather Alicia Simms & Rebecca Wisocky

Gil Cates Theater
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OVERVIEW

The grill is hot, the beer is chilled and the table is set for a typical O’Mallery family barbecue. But when their drug-addicted sister Zippity Boom arrives strung-out and out of control, her siblings have finally had enough—enough beer, enough whiskey and enough pills to confront her. Their ham-handed intervention ignites the fuse of this raucous and rollicking new comedy that skewers our warped view of the American family. From Obie and Helen Hayes Award winner Robert O’Hara, this Barbecue serves up a healthy helping of sibling love and loathing.

Performance Information

Runtime: 2 hours, including one 15 minute intermission.
Warnings: This production contains strobe effects, adult content, graphic language, simulated drug use, and the smoking of herbal cigarettes.

Gil Cates Theater
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Credits

Playwright

Robert O'Hara

Director

Colman Domingo

Scenic Designer

Sibyl Wickersheimer

Costume Designer

Kara Harmon

Lighting Designer

Lap Chi Chu

Composer, Sound Designer

Lindsay Jones

Production Stage Manager

Anne L. Hitt

Assistant Stage Manager

Cate Cundiff

Casting Director

Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

Gallery

News

The Key Ingredient of Collaboration? Generosity.

08.22.2016 / Geffen Playhouse Blog

The Key Ingredient of Collaboration? Generosity.

Setting the Stage for Barbecue

10.04.2016 / Geffen Playhouse Blog

Setting the Stage for Barbecue

Q&A: The lives of Colman Domingo: acting in ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ writing ‘Dot,’ now directing ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen

09.08.2016 / Los Angeles Times

Q&A: The lives of Colman Domingo: acting in ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ writing ‘Dot,’ now directing ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen

Review: ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity

09.16.2016 / Los Angeles Times

Review: ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity

BWW Review: BARBECUE Will Keep You Laughing as the Tale of Two Families Evolves

09.18.2016 / Broadway World

BWW Review: BARBECUE Will Keep You Laughing as the Tale of Two Families Evolves

StageSceneLA Review: Barbecue

09.16.2016 / StageSceneLA

StageSceneLA Review: Barbecue

The Key Ingredient of Collaboration? Generosity.

08.22.2016 / Geffen Playhouse Blog

The Key Ingredient of Collaboration? Generosity.

Setting the Stage for Barbecue

10.04.2016 / Geffen Playhouse Blog

Setting the Stage for Barbecue

Q&A: The lives of Colman Domingo: acting in ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ writing ‘Dot,’ now directing ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen

09.08.2016 / Los Angeles Times

Q&A: The lives of Colman Domingo: acting in ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ writing ‘Dot,’ now directing ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen

Review: ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity

09.16.2016 / Los Angeles Times

Review: ‘Barbecue’ at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity

BWW Review: BARBECUE Will Keep You Laughing as the Tale of Two Families Evolves

09.18.2016 / Broadway World

BWW Review: BARBECUE Will Keep You Laughing as the Tale of Two Families Evolves

StageSceneLA Review: Barbecue

09.16.2016 / StageSceneLA

StageSceneLA Review: Barbecue

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