Cast

Colin Carswell - Rev. Jones, Terry, Christophe, Hugo
Lulu Fall - Edwina, Mariana/Desi
Bereket Mengistu - Youth
Lee Palmer - Narrator
Monica Palmer - Mother
Samara Naier - Sherry, Renata, Sudabey
Ben Will - Mr. Franklin, Joop, Mr. Venus

Creative Team

John Sloan III - Director
Brian Buckner - Music Director
Carollette Phillips - Choreographer
Monika Essen - Scenic Design
Kwame Wells - Lighting Design
Reyana Patterson - Costume Design
Lumumba Reynolds - Sound Design
Reyanna Patterson - Props Design
Doran Konja - Stage Manager
Chris Corporandy - Dialect
Jalise Little - Sound Board Operator
Owen Zabor - Light Board Operator
Badriyyah Wazeerud-Din - Assistant Stage Manager
Katie Grace - Assistant Production Manager
Malik Alston, Stefan Mantyk, Harley Miah,
Gordon Mosley, Mike Suchyta,
Badriyyah Wazeerud-Din, Desmond Williams - Build and Load Crew

Cast

Heather Raffo - Noura
Mattico David - Tareq
Amanda Najor - Maryam
Kal Naga (aka Khaled Abol Naga) - Rafa’a Moogie Fawez - Yazen

Eight years ago, Noura and her family fled their home in Iraq. Today, she plans the perfect Christmas dinner to celebrate their new life in New York. But when the arrival of a visitor stirs up long-buried memories, she and her husband are forced to confront the cost of their choices and retrace the past they left behind. With compassion and startling clarity, this play by internationally acclaimed, Michigan-born, Iraqi-American playwright Heather Raffo charts the intricate pathways of motherhood and marriage — and the fragile architecture of what we call home.

CREATIVE TEAM

Heather Raffo - Playwright
Mike Mosallam - Director
Jungah Han - Scenic Design
Katherine Nelson - Costume Design
Jen Fok - Lighting Design
Katie Hopgood - Sound Design
Katie Kim - Properties Design
Maya Roth - Dramaturgy for development and previous productions of NOURA
Doran Konja - Production Stage Manager
Katie Grace - Assistant Production Manager

‘Betsy’ LaQuanda Ross knows a lot about the New York State Penitentiary system. Her regular visits to loved ones in various upstate institutions have made her quite the expert and a self-proclaimed “Peculiar Patriot.” In-between neighborhood updates and gossip, Betsy educates herself and the audience on the systemic inequity within America’s prison complex system and its effect on those behind bars, as well as their family and friends. Written and performed by the incomparable Liza Jessie Peterson, The Peculiar Patriot was inspired by her comprehensive and extensive work in prisons, including on Riker’s Island. Peterson’s tour de force solo piece is an important, funny, and profound investigative look into America’s criminal justice system.

The Peculiar Patriot marks the first time Detroit Public Theatre and Shakespeare in Prison are directly connecting a DPT production with our signature community program—through the play itself and a post-show dialogue after every performance.

CREATIVE TEAM

Talvin Wilks - Director
Andrew Cissna - Scenic and Lighting Design
Katherine-Freer - Projection Design
LaToya Murray-Berry - Costume Design
Luqman Brown - Sound Design
Belynda M’Baye - Props Design
Doran Konja - Stage Manager
Badriyyah Wazeerud-Din - Assistant Stage Manager
Katie Grace - Assistant Production Manager
James Blaszko - Tour Producer
Brad Learmonth - Producing Advisor
Jalise Little - Sound Board Operator
Owen Zabor - Light Board Operator