AUGUST WILSON’S “JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE” ANNOUNCES POST-SHOW TALK BACK SERIES IN PARTNERSHIP & PRESENTED BY THE APOLLO
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FOR RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026
AUGUST WILSON’S
“JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE”
ANNOUNCES POST-SHOW TALK BACK SERIES
IN PARTNERSHIP & PRESENTED BY
THE APOLLOBEGINNING TONIGHT
New York, NY (June 10, 2026) – Producer Brian Anthony Moreland announced August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone will be partnering with the historic Apollo for a series of post-show talk backs that will take place in June and July. The talk backs will cover themes that are prevalent in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and feature members of the cast alongside leading voices in the African American community.
Kamilah Forbes, executive producer of The Apollo, stated “We are thrilled to be a partner in curating this special series of talk backs during Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month which will offer audiences a deeper insight into the themes in the show.”
Wednesday, June 10 (Evening)
Theme: The Great Migration – Displacement & Belonging
Moderator: Fredara Hadley, Ph.D.
Thursday, June 18
Theme: Mental Health & Healing in the Black Community
Moderator: Ted Bunch, A Call to Men
Tuesday, June 23
Theme: Collective Memory & Trauma
Moderator: Cezar Williams, AD, The Fire This Time Festival
Wednesday, July 1
Theme: The Power of Black Joy
Moderator: Rev. Melissa Moorer-Nobles
Tickets are on sale now at www.telecharge.com, by calling 212 239 6200, or at the Barrymore Theatre box office. For more information, visit www.JoeTurnerBway.com.
Starring Taraji P. Henson as ‘Bertha Holly’ and Cedric “The Entertainer” as ‘Seth Holly,’ this production is directed by Golden Globe Award, four-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the 2026 Academy Honorary Award, Debbie Allen.
Recently nominated for 5 Tony Awards®, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, July 26 at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street).
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone also stars Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson as ‘Bynum Walker,’ Tony Award nominee Joshua Boone as ‘Herald Loomis,’ Maya Boyd as ‘Molly Cunningham,’ Savannah Commodore and Dominique Skye Turner sharing the role of ‘Zonia Loomis,’ Abigail Onwunali as ‘Martha Loomis,’ Bradley Stryker as ‘Rutherford Selig,’ Tripp Taylor as ‘Jeremy Furlow,’ Christopher Woodley and Jackson Edward Davis sharing the role of ‘Reuben Scott,’ and Nimene Sierra Wureh as ‘Mattie Campbell.’ Understudies for the production are Jasmine Batchelor, Rosalyn Coleman, Thomas Michael Hammond, Cayden McCoy, and Kevyn Morrow.
The design team for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone features Academy Award®, BAFTA Award®, and Tony Award® winner Paul Tazewell (costume design), Tony Award winner David Gallo (scenic design), Tony Award and Drama Desk Award® nominee Stacey Derosier (lighting design), Tony Award nominee Justin Ellington (sound design), Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Emmy Award® winner Mia Neal (hair and wig design), Tony Award nominee Steve Bargonetti (Original Music & Music Supervisor), Dawn-Elin Fraser (vocal coach), David Blackwell (associate director), Casting by ARC (casting director), and Johnny Milani (production stage manager). Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is lead produced by Brian Anthony Moreland with 101 Productions, Ltd./Chris Morey serving as general managers.
Set in 1911, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone unfolds in a Pittsburgh boarding house run by the steadfast Seth and warm-hearted Bertha Holly. Their home offers refuge to Black travelers navigating the upheaval of the Great Migration. Among them is Herald Loomis, a man on a quest to reunite with his lost wife—and to reclaim the self he was forced to abandon during seven years of forced labor under Joe Turner.
As buried traumas surface and spiritual forces awaken, Loomis’s journey becomes one of profound self-discovery. Around him, others seek connection, direction, and healing from a past marked by pain. Through poetic dialogue and vivid, deeply human characters, Wilson crafts a powerful meditation on identity, resilience, and renewal.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is the second installment in Wilson’s American Century Cycle — his groundbreaking ten-play series chronicling the African American experience in each decade of the 20th century. This long-awaited revival brings Wilson’s enduring legacy back to Broadway, reaffirming the urgent, timeless relevance of his work.
ABOUT THE APOLLO
The legendary Apollo—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, The Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world. In 2024, The Apollo opened The Apollo Stages at the Victoria Theater, marking the first ever expansion and renovation of The Apollo in its 90+ year history. In 2025, The Apollo embarked on its first major full-scale renovation and restoration of its Historic theater to modernize and upgrade its facilities and artist and audience spaces and is expected to be completed in 2026.
With music at its core, The Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes the world premiere of the theatrical adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and the New York premiere of the opera We Shall Not Be Moved; special programs such as the blockbuster concert Bruno Mars Live at the Apollo; 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella; and the annual Africa Now! Festival. The non-profit Apollo is a performing arts presenter, commissioner, and collaborator that also produces festivals, large-scale dance and musical works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend The Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens, including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival as well as other multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.
Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, The Apollo has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at The Apollo are Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, H.E.R. D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Jazmine Sullivan, Machine Gun Kelly, and Miri Ben Ari; and The Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy. For more information about The Apollo, visit www.ApolloTheater.org.
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