On Saturday, August 24, Suffs, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters, hosted a special performance that included a roll call of representatives from all 36 states that had ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Representatives included Audra McDonald, Suzan Lori Parks, Christopher Sieber and others.
Check out the full attendance check here!
Yesterday’s presentation also included a talkback session moderated by the League of Women Voters with LWV Executive Director Celina Stewart, historian Kimberly Hamlin and journalist Erin Geiger Smith.
The roll call was one of a series of events honoring the 104th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. The festivities in Suffs will continue through August 26, Women’s Equality Day, the day the 19th Amendment officially went into effect.
About Suffs
Suffs is the Tony Award®-winning musical making history on Broadway! Written by Shaina Taub, the first woman to independently win Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score in the same season, Suffs also won Best Musical (Outer Critics Circle Award) and received two Drama Desk Awards, including Best Original Score.
It’s clear that the women of the suffragist movement – who called themselves “Suffs” for short – were brilliant, but while they fought tirelessly for the right to vote, they were also flawed, stubborn, passionate and funny. Suffs tells their story: the remarkable friendships, the heartbreak and how this movement brought them together – or in some cases, tore them apart. Produced by Hillary Clinton, Malala Yousafzai, Jill Furman and Rachel Sussman, Suffs is a “must-see stage masterpiece” (Forbes) and a reminder that progress is always possible, but never guaranteed.
In “Drinks,” author, composer and lyricist Shaina Taub plays the role of Alice Paul, making her only the second woman in history to write the book, music and lyrics and star in her own Broadway musical. Suffs also stars Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon) as Ida B. Wells, Tony Award nominee Jenn Colella (Come From Away) as Carrie Chapman Catt, Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812) as President Woodrow Wilson, Hannah Cruz (MCC’s The Connector) as Inez Milholland, Kim Blanck (Signature Theatre’s Octet) as Ruza Wenclawska, Anastacia McCleskey (Waitress) as Mary Church Terrell, Ally Bonino (Broadway debut) as Lucy Burns, Tsilala Brock (The Book of Mormon National Tour) as Dudley Malone, Nadia Dandashi (Broadway debut) as Doris Stevens and Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show) as Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn.
Rounding out the company are Hawley Gould (Camelot at Lincoln Center Theater) replacing Alice Paul, Jaygee Macapugay (Here Lies Love) as Mollie Hay and Laila Drew (Broadway debut) as Phyllis Terrell/Robin. The ensemble includes Dana Costello (Pretty Woman) as well as Jenna Bainbridge, Monica Tulia Ramirez and Ada Westfall, who are making their Broadway debuts. The cast also includes Christine Heesun Hwang (Les Misérables National Tour), Chessa Metz (Broadway debut), Kirsten Scott (Jersey Boys), Housso Semon (Girl From The North Country) and D’Kaylah Unique Whitley (Dear Evan Hansen).
Suffs features book, music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, direction by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet), choreography by Mayte Natalio (How to Dance in Ohio), set design by Tony Award nominee Riccardo Hernández (Jagged Little Pill), costume design by Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell (Hamilton), lighting design by Tony Award nominee Lap Chi Chu (Camelot), sound design by Jason Crystal (Sweeney Todd) with partner Sun Hee Kil (Choir Boy), orchestrations by Tony Award winner Michael Starobin (Next to Normal), music supervision and music direction by Andrea Grody (The Band’s Visit), and casting by Heidi Griffiths and Kate Murray (Soft Power). 101 Productions, Ltd. serves as general manager.
