The Black Clown is a music-theater work adapted from Langston Hughes’ 1931 poem, The Black Clown, “a dramatic monologue to be spoken by a pure-blooded Negro in the
white suit and hat of a clown, to the music of a piano, or an orchestra.“

Adapted by Michael Schachter and Davóne Tines
Music by Michael Schachter
Directed by Zack Winokur
Assistant Director Ian Andrew Askew
Choreography by Chanel DaSilva
Music Director Jaret Landon
Set and Costumes by Carlos Soto
Lighting by John Torres
Sound by Kai Harada

American Repertory Theater, 2018
Lincoln Center, 2019

photos by Maggie Hall