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Chloë Sevigny and Cast of Downtown Race Riot Meet the Press

This world-premiere production of Seth Zvi Rosenfeld’s play is directed by Scott Elliott.

Chloë Sevigny stars in Downtown Race Riot, directed by Scott Elliott, beginning November 14.
Chloë Sevigny stars in Downtown Race Riot, directed by Scott Elliott, beginning November 14.
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The company of the New Group's world-premiere production of Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's Downtown Race Riot met the press today in their rehearsal space at 42nd Street Studios. Scott Elliott directs the production, set to begin performances at Pershing Square Signature Center November 14 ahead of a December 3 opening night.

The cast includes Cristian DeMeo, David Levi, Moise Morancy, Josh Pais, Sadie Scott, Chloë Sevigny, and Daniel Sovich. Scott Elliott directs, and the production features set design by Derek McLane, costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Yael Lubetzky, sound design by M.L. Dogg, and fight direction by UnkleDave's Fight-House.

The cast of Downtown Race Riot: Daniel Sovich, Josh Pais, Moise Morancy, Sadie Scott, Chloë Sevigny, David Levi, and  Cristian DeMeo.
The cast of Downtown Race Riot: Daniel Sovich, Josh Pais, Moise Morancy, Sadie Scott, Chloë Sevigny, David Levi, and Cristian DeMeo.
(© David Gordon)

Downtown Race Riot is described as follows: "On a hot late summer day in 1976, a mob of young men — all white except one — descended on Washington Square Park with pipes and bats, and attacked any people of color they could find. Seth Zvi Rosenfeld takes us back to that day, to the cramped Village apartment of Mary Shannon, a strung-out, freewheeling single mom, as her son Pnut and his Haitian best friend, Massive, wrestle with their obligation to join the riot. The boys, torn between loyalty to each other and to the neighborhood, grasp for ways to keep the violence from destroying their friendship forever. A snapshot of a time not so different than today, when a new social freedom ran smack into the forces of reaction, and when the stakes were truly life and death."

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