The Flick
| The Flick | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Annie Baker |
| Date premiered | March 12, 2013 |
| Place premiered |
Playwrights Horizons New York City |
| Original language | English |
The Flick is a play by Annie Baker that received the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and won the 2013 Obie Award for Playwriting.The Flick premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2013.
The Flick debuted Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on March 12, 2013, after previews from February 15, 2013. Sam Gold directed a cast featuring Alex Hanna (Skylar/The Dreaming Man), Louisa Krause (Rose), Matthew Maher (Sam), and Aaron Clifton Moten (Avery). Scenery and costumes were designed by David Zinn. Lighting was fashioned by Jane Cox; sound by Bray Poor. Baker received a Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Commission, and the Steinberg Playwright Award. The play closed on April 7, 2013.
After it won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a remounting of the play was announced for the Off-Broadway Barrow Street Theatre, though dates had not yet then been determined. The production was expected to use the original cast, providing they were available. The play opened at the Barrow Street Theatre with previews starting on May 5, 2015 and the official opening on May 18, with the original cast and creatives. A new cast began on September 1, 2015, featuring Kyle Beltran (Avery), Danny Wolohan (Sam), Brian Miskell (Skylar/The Dreaming Man) and Nicole Rodenburg (Rose). The play closed on January 10, 2016.
The play premiered in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company beginning February 4, 2016 to May 8.
The play opened on March 1, 2016, and ran to April 24, 2016 at the Signature Theatre in Shirlington, Virginia with Evan Casey (Sam), Laura C Harris (Rose), Thaddeus McCants (Avery), and William Vaughan (Dreaming Man/Skylar), and directed by Joe Calarco.
The play was presented in London at the National Theatre, officially opening on April 19, 2016, following previews from April 13. The show closed June 15, 2016. Directed by Sam Gold, the cast featured Jaygann Ayeh, Sam Heron, Louisa Krause and Matthew Maher.
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