Regional Premiere
MOON MAN WALK
by James Ijames
Directed by Lyndsay Allyn Cox
Travel to the moon and back as Spencer revisits his childhood home in Philadelphia following his mother’s passing. With the help of the unfettered Petrushka, along with the haunting memory of his mother, Spencer dives into the mystery of his youth and uncovers the true identity behind his estranged father. Journey through time and space as we discover how our pasts shape, protect, and connect us all in this time-bending, regional premiere drama.
Written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright James Ijames and directed by Lyndsay Allyn Cox (Tiny Beautiful Things), Moon Man Walk runs September 13 to 29. All performances are at the Natti-Willsky Performance Center – 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, with matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 2:00pm.
SEPTEMBER 10 – 26
Performances
7:30 pm, WED – SAT
2:00 pm, SAT + SUN
Preview Performances
September 10 + 11 @ 7:30 pm
Champagne Opening
Saturday, September 12 @ 7:30 pm
Artist Talk Backs
September 19 + 26 @ after the matinee
Critical Praise for James Ijames’ Moon Man Walk
“Moon Man Walk provides the kind of artistic quality that the … arts community needs to not only achieve with new works but invest in.”
“A sweet, funny, tender meditation on love, connection, and the people in our lives we need to get by.”
“Mix of sass and whimsy undergirded by the melancholy of loss.”
Meet the Creative Team
James Ijames (he/him) / Playwright
James Ijames is a Pulitzer Prize winning and Tony Award nominated playwright, a director and educator. James’ plays have been produced by Flashpoint Theater Company, Orbiter 3, Theatre Horizon, Wilma Theatre, Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), The National Black Theatre, JACK, The Public Theater (NYC), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Definition Theatre, Timeline Theater (Chicago IL) Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) and have received development with PlayPenn New Play Conference, The Lark, Playwright’s Horizon, Clubbed Thumb, Villanova Theater, Wilma Theater, Azuka Theatre and Victory Garden.
James is the 2011 F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Artist recipient, and two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Play for The Brothers Size with Simpatico Theatre Company and Gem of the Ocean with Arden Theatre. James is a 2015 Pew Fellow for Playwriting, the 2015 winner of the Terrance McNally New Play Award for WHITE, the 2015 Kesselring Honorable Mention Prize winner for ….Miz Martha, a 2017 recipient of the Whiting Award, a 2019 Kesselring Prize for Kill Move Paradise, a 2020 and 2022 Steinberg Prize, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama recipient and a 2023 Tony nominee for Best Play for Fat Ham. James was a founding member of Orbiter 3, Philadelphia’s first playwright producing collective.
He received a B.A. in Drama from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA and a M.F.A. in Acting from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. James is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Columbia University where he serves as head of playwriting. He resides in South Philadelphia and the Morningside Heights neighborhood in New York, NY.
Lyndsay Allyn Cox (she/they) / Director
Lyndsay Allyn Cox, she/they is a Boston based director and producer. Gloucester directing credits: Tiny Beautiful Things. Other notable directing credits: Lizard Boy (SpeakEasy Stage) Joy and Pandemic (Associate Director – The Huntington) Chicken and Biscuits (Front Porch Arts Collective), Splash Hatch on the E Going Down (The Nora Theatre Company). Notable regional acting credits include: The Huntington: Common Ground Revisited, Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Witch. SpeakEasy Stage Company: Fairview, Men on Boats. Lyric Stage Company: Fabulation (or the Reeducation of Undine), Barbecue and By The Way, Meet Vera Stark. Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Bright Half Life. Greater Boston Stage Company: The Three Musketeers. Boston Playwrights’ Theatre: Winter People. Moonbox Productions: Caroline, Or Change. Company One: The Overwhelming, Leftovers. Lyndsay is a 2023 Elliot Norton Award Outstanding Director nominee for Chicken and Biscuits and a 2022 Elliot Norton Award Outstanding Director winner for Tiny Beautiful Things. She is the former Producing Director at The Huntington where she cast and produced several award winning productions including: Leopoldstadt, John Proctor is the Villain, Fat Ham, and The Band’s Visit. In 2019 She was named to WBUR’s inaugural ARTery 25 for her impact on Boston’s arts and culture. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Lyndsayallyncox.com @lyndsayallyn
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
ºThe Director is a Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
^Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE
MOON MAN WALK is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service. www.concordtheatricals.com