Reopening Night

England

85 min

2021

Shola Adewusi Gbenga Akinnagbe Pascale Armand Jocelyn Bioh Phillip James Brannon Angela Grovey Abena Mensah-Bonsu Jacob Ming-Trent Susan Kelechi Watson

This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater in New York City. Contending with the ever-present threat of COVID-19 and one of the rainiest Julys on record, the production marks the return of live theatre following more than a year of closures in the city.