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Playing Hot

Set within a brassy dance hall, PLAYING HOT deconstructs the incredible story of the birth of jazz in New Orleans. Retracing the rise and fall of Buddy Bolden, the little-known trumpeter who pioneered the radical sound that would become America’s Art Form, the show is neither biography nor period piece, neither play nor musical, but an explosive theatrical event in the style of jazz. A live brass band joins a dynamic ensemble to riff on everything from Mardi Gras and Public Enemy, to questions of appropriation and the cult of celebrity.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY (All 2016)
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- Jerome Foundation Travel Grant
- Drama League Residency
- Brooklyn Arts Council Grant
- Workshop, The Habitat
- Workshop Production, Pipeline Theatre Company

Created by Jaki Bradley and Kevin Armento

With Josh Bonzie, Fernando Contreras, Danté Jeanfelix, Roi King, Emma Meltzer, Cristina Pitter and Monique St. Cyr

Featuring James Williams and the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys

Production Design: Chris Bowser
Lighting Design: Ben Fichthorn
Costume Design: Sarafina Bush
Choreography: Jason Warley
Music Direction: Trevor Bachman
Production Stage Manager: Kristy Bodall
Produced by Pipeline Theater Company
The Gym at Judson, 2016