On Sunday, October 26, come witness an exciting presentation of a play-in-progres The Lucky One, a new play by local playwright, actor, and producer Nia Ragini. Broadway and television veterans will join them to work alongside outstanding local professional actors to workshop the new play, and present in a Staged Reading format the final rewrites that emerge from the rehearsal room.
This presentation is the first installment of an incubation period for establishing a professional theatre in Baton Rouge.
The Lucky One confronts inequities of wealth, power, and access, interwoven with themes of migration, survival, and exploitation. It merges classical and contemporary techniques: stichomythia and chorus alongside spoken word; classical Bharat Natyam movement integrated with the modern; and interfaith archetypes rendered in modern dialogue.
As with all Sundays@4 presentations, this will be free and open to the public.
ABOUT THE playwright:
Nia Ragini has an international record of artistic leadership. Her body of work—including The Lucky One, Warm December, and Bideshi—her producing, performance, and writing has been recognized at institutions such as Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, and the BBC, and she has appeared Off-Broadway across regional theaters and television credits include HBO, HULU and more. Most recently she was in residence at The Good Chance Theatre in London. Her creative practice celebrates resilience and intersectionality, while her track record demonstrates the ability to realize ambitious projects collaboratively and with community at the core.
The Cast:
Emy Coligado (Broadway's Miss Saigon, Malcolm in the Middle)
Kimberley Chatterjee (Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice, HBO High Maintenance)
Jason Bayle (Trumbo, The Big Short)
Nia Ragini (Westworld, Off-B'way Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre's Bite the Apple)
Aria Jackson (School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play, The NOLA Project)
Kalivyn Marquix Morris, the poet laureate of Baton Rouge will read Stage Directions
The creatives:
Nia Ragini (playwright, director, producer)
Ishita Mili, IMGE Dance (choreographer)
Emily Taplin Boyd, TT Studio NY, Columbia University (dramaturg)
Kalivyn Marquix Morris, grio, poet, perfromer (consulting dramaturg)
Tyler Kieffer, Associate Professor LSU (sound)
Made possible with generous support from Cordell and Ava Haymon, Dave Remmetter, Erica and Ryan Malone, and Indigo Productions, and generous in-kind support from The Manship Theatre, Sarah Kracke, Bethany Robicheaux, and Joshua Bunting
Special thanks to Actors Equity Association
Sundays@4 is presented in partnership with the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area whose mission is to enhance the identity of our unique American landscape by preserving and promoting our heritage and by fostering progress for local champions that create authentic, powerful connections between people, culture, and the environment.