The Public Theater and Elevator Repair Service's Off-Broadway run of Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge began previews September 24 at the Public's Anspacher Theater and officially opened October 2. Conceived by Greig Sargeant with Elevator Repair Service and directed by John Collins, the production will continue through October 23. Go inside the production's starry opening night below.
Sargeant stars as James Baldwin, opposite Daphne Gaines as Lorraine Hansberry, Gavin Price as Mr. Heycock, Christopher-Rashee Stevenson as Mr. Burford, and Ben Jalosa Williams as William F. Buckley, Jr. Stephanie Weeks will succeed Gaines as Lorraine Hansberry from October 18, and Matthew Russell will play Mr. Heycock for select performances.
The work recreates an infamous 1965 debate between Black writer James Baldwin and staunch conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., ending with an imagined scene between Baldwin and A Raisin in the Sun (a revival of which is currently playing the Public's Newman Theater) playwright Lorraine Hansberry, researched and written by April Matthis and Sargeant.
The production features scenic consulting by dots, costume design by Jessica Jahn, lighting design by Alan C. Edwards, sound design by Ben Jalosa Williams, and wig design by Earon Chew Nealey. Maurina Lioce is production stage manager, and Jack Ford is stage manager.
Gavin Price attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Greig Sargeant attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Kristine Nielsen and Brent Langdon attend the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Erik Jensen attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Christopher-Rashee Stevenson attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Daniel K. Isaac attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
F. Murray Abraham attend the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Louisa Jacobson attend the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Matthew Russell attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Ato Blankson-Wood attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
André De Shields attend the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Tina Satter attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Daphne Gaines attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Rinne Groff attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
John Collins attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Ben Jalosa Williams attends the Opening Night of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Members of Elevator Repair Service at the Opening Night of Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Elevator Repair Service Artistic Director John Collins and the cast of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge on Opening Night
The cast of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge on Opening Night
Cast and Creatived of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Oskar Eustis and the Cast and Creatives of Elevator Repair Service’s Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge on Opening Night
