Atlantic Theater Company continues its 2018-2019 season with the world premiere of new musical The Secret Life of Bees, directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold and featuring a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, with music by Tony & Grammy Award winner Duncan Sheik and lyrics by two-time Tony Award nominee Susan Birkenhead.
The musical is based on the best-selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd.
(Photos by Ahron R. Foster)
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May 12th, 2019
July 21st, 2019
By: Music by Duncan Sheik, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and a Book by Lynn Nottage, based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd
Director: Sam Gold
Producer: Atlantic Theater Company
Cast list: Eisa Davis (as June), Manoel Felciano (as T-Ray), Brett Gray (as Zach), LaChanze (as August), Anastacia McCleskey (as May), Saycon Sengbloh (as Rosaleen), and Elizabeth Teeter (as Lily), with Romelda Teron Benjamin, Joe Cassidy, Vita E. Cleveland, Matt DeAngelis, and Jai'Len Christine Li Josey
South Carolina, 1964. Lily Owens, a restless white teenager, struggles with her merciless father and the haunting memory of her mother’s death. When Rosaleen, her black caregiver, is beaten and jailed for asserting her right to vote, Lily’s rebellious spirit is ignited. She and Rosaleen escape on an adventure where they are taken in by a trio of black beekeeping sisters. While Lily tries to unlock the secrets of her past, she and Rosaleen find solace in the mesmerizing world of bees and spirituality in this extraordinary tale of awakening, fellowship and healing.
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