Trouble in Mind
A VISIONARY SATIRE ONCE BANISHED FROM BROADWAY
Wiletta Mayer is the preeminent Black actress of the 1950s and the star of a new show headed to Broadway, though nothing could prepare her for the culture clash that erupts between the director and her fellow cast members in rehearsal for this new, "progressive" play. TROUBLE IN MIND is a cutting backstage satire, a play within a play, and a case of life imitating art as playwright Alice Childress refused to let producers define her story. This visionary production should have premiered on Broadway in 1955, but didn't get its due until 2021, 66 years after its intended debut. Now, TROUBLE IN MIND comes to Pittsburgh for the first time, in a premiere destined to enthrall us all.
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This show is rated PG-13. Set in 1957, it addresses themes of racism, sexism, identity, and class, and contains strong profanity and racially offensive terms. This production contains the use of haze.
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Featuring
Hope Anthony
Millie Davis
Emma Brown Baker
Judy Sears
Garbie Dukes
Sheldon Forrester
Professional credits include: World premiere of The Coffin Maker at Pittsburgh Public Theater; also Trouble In Mind; mainstage productions at City Theatre; the August Wilson Center; and numerous other companies and venues. TV appearances include Unsolved Mysteries, Outsiders, A League of Their Own, and national/regional commercials, including the Pennsylvania Lottery.
Martin Giles
Henry
Shinnerrie D. Jackson
Wiletta Mayer
Daniel Krell
Bill O'Wray
A 2019 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Performer of the Year, Dan has appeared in over 30 productions with The Public. He's played a variety of major roles with the region’s professional theatres, as well as theatres around the country. Dan is also a veteran of many film, TV, and voiceover productions, including playing Mr. McFeely opposite Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Upcoming: The Seagull for Quantum Theatre.
Anthony Marino
Eddie Fenton
Joseph McGranaghan
Al Manners
Joseph McGranaghan is an actor, director and educator based in Pittsburgh. New York credits include the world premiere of Calderon's Two Dreams with Magis Theatre at LaMama ETC and The Balcony Remixed with Mabou Mines. Regional: McCarter Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Asolo Rep, Florida Studio Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, Lantern Theatre and others. Pittsburgh credits include: City Theatre, Quantum, Bricolage, PICT, Kinetic among others. Film and TV: Mayor of Kingstown, American Rust, A Call to Spy. Training: MFA FSU/Asolo Conservatory.
Vandous Stripling II
John Nevins
Cynthia Dallas
Production Understudy
Cynthia is ecstatic to be in her first performance at the Public! Cynthia is a proud native of Pittsburgh and graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. Local theater credits include performances with Primestage, City Theater, The Pittsburgh CLO, and PICT. Cynthia is also a member of The Latchkey Kids (Arcade Comedy). Repped by Docherty.
Margot Allison
Core Company Understudy
Margot Allison is ecstatic to be joining The Public’s Core Company. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, she attributes her love and start to theater within her high school musical theater program. Being born half French, she made her way overseas to Paris to study at Cours Florent, an international theater school and graduated in 2022. Since then, she has produced theater in unconventional places all around the Rive Gauche, and starred in roles such as Masha (Stupid F**cking Bird), Ulysses (The Penelopiad), and Production Assistant (Venus in Fur).
Michael McBurney
Core Company Understudy
Michael McBurney is a Pittsburgh-based performer who has worked with a number of local groups including Bricolage, Throughline Theatre, Prime Stage, and Vigilance Theater. He has also been involved with Arcade Comedy Theater since 2014, performing both improv and sketch comedy. He is thrilled to join this inaugural cohort of the Public's Core Company.
Ryan M. Rattley
Core Company Understudy
Ryan grew up in Connecticut doing theater in school and the surrounding area. Ryan mysteriously vanished from the theater world circa 2017, but after meeting with Marya Sea Kaminski and Brian Pope, classes with Kelly Trumbull and Cotter Smith, and playing Moriarty in The Jester’s Guild production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, he’s thrilled to be back.
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