Plays / Chronology / the break/s Actors Theatre of Louisville 32nd Humana Festival of New American Plays Mach 8 – 29, 2008 the break/s More About this Production by Marc Bamuthi Joseph directed by Michael John Garcés Performers Marc Bamuth Joseph DJ Excess Tommy Shepherd aka Soulati Scenic Designer Michael B. Raiford Costume Designer Jessica Ford Lighting Designer Brian J. Lilienthal Sound Coordinator Paul Doyle Properties Designer Doc Manning Video Designer David Szlasa Documentary Filmographer Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi Original Music Ajayi Jackson Choreographer Stacey Printz Arranging and Mixing DJ Excess, Tommy Shepherd aka Soulati Stage Manager Lori M. Doyle* Dramaturgs Brian Freeman, Julie Felise Dubiner Executive Producer MAPP International Productions in association with Living Word Project * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers of the United States. World premieres at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis April 10 - 12, 2008. Lead commissioning and development support: Walker Art Center with support from the Joyce Foundation. Additional support provided by The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Emerging Playwrights 2006 Initiative. The National Endowment for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Creative Capital, The James Irvine Foundation, Rockefeller MAP Fund, Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Youth Speaks, East Bay Fund, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Z Space. Artistic Consultation by Jeff Chang and James Clotfelter and production consultation by KelVin Productions, LLC.