A Soldier’s Play
By: Charles Fuller
Directed by Christopher V. Edwards
Scenic Design: Jon Savage+
Costume Design: Nia Safarr Banks+
Lighting Design: Jessica Drayton
Sound Design: Derek G. Graham
Properties Design: Moira Seger
Fight Director: Christopher V. Edwards
Music Director: R.M. Lawrence
Military Consultant: Keisha L. Kemper
Stage Manager: Danitza Piper*
Assistant Stage Manager: Tessa Killen*
Cast
Pvt James Wilke: “ranney”*
Tech Sgt Vernon C Waters: Geoffery Warren Barnes II*
Corp Bernard Cobb: Jason Coffenberry*
Pvt CJ Memphis: Montez Jenkins Copeland*
Capt Wilcox: Cary Davenport*
Melvin Peterson: Anthony T. Goss*
Corp Ellis: Sylvester Little Jr.*
Lt Byrd: Patrick Earl Phillips*
Capt Richard Davenport: K.P. Powell*
Pvt Louis Henson: Malik Smith
Capt Charles Taylor: Brent Vimtrup*
Pvt Tony Smalls: Jay Wade*
Production Staff
Resident Stage Manager & Company Manager: Cole Cammack-Sweasy
Master Carpenter: Bryce Carson
Resident Wig Designer: Kayla Cieslinski
Additional Music: Brandon Scott Coleman
Lighting Supervisor & Scenic Associate: Jared Earland
Associate Production Manager: Rainy Edwards
Wardrobe Supervisor: Georgia Fried
Technical Director: Chris Holloway
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones
Properties and Scenic Artisan: Chase Melendez
Fight Captain: Patrick Earl Phillips
Resident Stage Manager: Danitza Piper
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel
Design Sponsors:
Rance and Marilyn Duke
“A Soldier's Play” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
+Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
(he/him) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Amen Corner, Hamlet, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, All the Way, Fences (CSC); How I Learned What I Learned, Sweat (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: The Contact (Umbrella Arts Theatre); The Piano Lesson (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); The Piano Lesson, The Islanders, Fences, Hymn, ART (Shakespeare & Company); The Piano Lesson (A Public Fit Theatre); The Piano Lesson, Scarlet the Musical (Portland Playhouse); Jitney, Radio Golf, Two Trains Running, The Piano Lesson, Gem of the Ocean (American Stage); The Piano Lesson, Zora (Center Theatre Company). International: The Bomb-itty of Errors (Ambassadors Theatre; The Helix. Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Website: Itsranney.com
Cincinnati: Fat Ham, Every Christmas Story Ever Told, Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Twelfth Night, (Favorite CSC), Hands on a Hardbody (Ensemble Theatre), Marian: or the True Tale of Robin Hood (The Know Theatre). Regional: Sense and Sensibility, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Pirate Ballad of Bonnie and Read - Premier (American Shakespeare Center) The Comedy of Hamlet - a Prequel (The Reduced Shakespeare Company) The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival),The Comedy of Errors, The Book of Will, The Tempest (Illinois Shakespeare Festival). Education: University of Texas at Austin (MFA), Webster University (BFA) and Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts.
(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: The Tempest, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (Tour), The Comedy of Errors (Tour) (CSC). New York: Echo (New play workshop).
(they/them) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Mrs. Dalloway, The Play That Goes Wrong, Enemy Of The People (CSC), Kinky Boots (The Carnegie), A Case For The Existence of God, Girlfriend-The Musical, Red Bike, Moby Dick (The Know Theatre), It’s Fritz (Ensemble Theatre). TV/Film: Miles Ahead. Education: Walnut Hills High School, Northern Kentucky University.
(he/him) 13th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, August: Osage County, Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical, The Living Dead, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Comedy of Errors (Favorite CSC), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Carnegie), Girlfriend, Ada and the Engine, Whisper House (The Know Theatre), Judith, Deliver Us (One Off Productions). Regional: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Chicago), The Bacchae (Right Brian Project, Chicago). Education: Northern Kentucky University
(he/him) Debut Season
Regional: The Piano Lesson (Shakespeare & Company/Actors Shakespeare Project), TopDog/UnderDog, The Effect (The Gamm Theatre), Toni Stone (The Huntington Theatre). Feed The Beast (North Carolina Black Theatre Fest). New York: Gong Lum's Legacy (New Federal Theatre) Among many others, including various TV/Film credits. Website: Antgoss.com
(he/him) 10th Season
Cincinnati: The Play That Goes Wrong, The Tempest, Macbeth, Fences, All the Way, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet (Favorite CSC). Regional: Faust (Aimee Rose - Frankfurt, Germany), Death of a Salesman, Comedy of Errors (American Players Theatre), Superior Donut's (Birmingham Equity Theatre). Education: Alumnus of Purdue University (MFA), Berea College (BA).
(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women, Macbeth, Mrs. Dalloway, Much Ado About Nothing, Titus Andronicus, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC), Tick… Tick, Boom (The Carnegie), Hands on a Hardbody, Luna Gale, Fly By Night Bloomsday (Ensemble Theatre), Mercury (The Know Theatre). Regional: This is Tom Jones!, Around the World in 80 Days (Human Race Theatre). Education: Xavier University (BA) and St. Xavier HS. Website: PatrickEPhillips.com
(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSC). Regional: Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear (Colorado Shakes), Macbeth, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Importance of Being Earnest, Romeo and Juliet (American Shakespeare Center), Our Town (Peterborough Players), As You Like It (Hippodrome), Alliance Theater, Elm Shakespeare Company, American Stage, Theatre at Monmouth, St. Louis Black Rep, Shakespeare Festival Saint Louis, Houston Shakespeare Festival and the Folger Theatre.
(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Fat Ham (CSC), Blerds (The Know Theatre), Frankenstein, The Burials, Julius Caesar (University of Cincinnati - CCM). Education: University of Cincinnati - College Conservatory of Music.
(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: Richard III, Hamlet, Julius Ceasar, King Lear, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Henry IV-VI, All the Way, Waiting for Godot, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Elephant Man, The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible (Favorite CSC); Luna Gale and Red Velvet (Ensemble Theatre); Harry and the Thief (The Know Theatre). Regional: The Voysey Inheritance (Milwaukee Rep); The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Syracuse Stage); King Lear (Riverside Theatre). New York: Sight Unseen (InProximity Theatre); Third Man (Godlight Theatre); Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (National Shakespeare Company). TV/Film: Miles Ahead (Sony Pictures), Donnybrook (IFC Films). Education: Alumnus of Ohio University (PATP, MFA) and Syracuse University (BFA).
(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: The Living Dead, und., Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (CSC). Pipeline, Sweat, Who All Over There? (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Merrimack Repertory Theatre/New Jersey Shakespeare). Education: Alumnus of the Dobbins Conservatory of Theater and Dance at SEMO (BFA).
5th Season
Cincinnati: Macbeth, A Raisin in the Sun, Othello, Fences (CSC). Regional: Seven Guitars, The Piano Lesson, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Equivocation, The Three Musketeers, Water by the Spoonful, The Bomb-itty of Errors, How to Break, Venus in Fur, Let the Right One In. Current Appointments: Artistic Director, Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Boston); Assistant Professor, Boston University; Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Artistic Associate. Education: University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater (MFA)
(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: An Enemy of the People, Macbeth (CSC). Regional: Actors Shakespeare Project, New Rep Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Front Porch Arts Collective, Central Square Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Olney Theatre Center, Walnut Street Theatre, ACT Theatre, Bay Street Theatre. New York: Bucks County Playhouse. International: Prague Shakespeare Company, Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival. TV/Film: Max, HBO, Discovery Channel and Normandy Films.
(she/her) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Macbeth (CSC). Regional: Fat Ham (Virginia Stage Company), Clyde's (Portland Stage), August Wilson's Fences (Shakespeare Theatre Company). New York: Bees and Honey (MCC Theatre), August Wilson's Piano Lesson (Barrymore Theatre), Self Portrait Deluxe (The Bushwick Starr). Education: Boston University (MFA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA). Website: niasafarrbanks.com
(she/her) 4th Season
Cincinnati: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fat Ham, The Amen Corner (CSC); Second City (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Jersey Boys (Short North Theatre), The Passions of Mary Cardwell Dawson (North Carolina Opera), Pigeon Keeper (Opera Parallèle), The Everly Brothers (Ivoryton Playhouse), La Ville Morte (Catapult Opera). Assisting: Hamilton (Second National Tour), Ain’t Too Proud (Second National Tour). Education: BFA, Wright State University; MFA, University of Cincinnati–CCM. Honors: 2024 Howell Binkley Fellow. Jessica is grateful for the love and support of Jonathan, Sophia, and Nigel. Website: DraytonDesignsLLC.com.
(she/her) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Tempest (CSC); Rigoletto, Fiddler on the Roof (Cincinnati Opera); Antigone, The Nutcracker: Just Desserts, The Lightning Thief, The Winter's Tale, Wonderful Town, Emilia, Sweet Charity (UC-CCM); Snow White (Cincinnati Ballet); Vicennial Dance Showcase (Exhale Dance). Regional: Brigadoon, Don Giovanni, Sweeney Todd (Seagle Festival). Education: University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music (BFA)
(he/him) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Fat Ham (CSC); I Shall Not Be Moved/Your Negro Tour Guide (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati). Regional: Fat Ham, They Do Not Know Harlem (PlayMakers Repertory Company); What We Look Like, Kill Move Paradise, Skeleton Crew, Wakey, Wakey, An Octoroon (Dobama Theatre). Composer Credits: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Cleveland Playhouse); In Every Generation (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley); Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Asolo Repertory Theatre); Protocol (Portland Center Stage); The Chinese Lady (Artists Repertory Theatre). Education: MFA Sound Design (Ohio University); BA in Music/Sound Recording Technology (Elizabeth City State University).
(they/she) Debut Season
Cincinnati: Sweeney Todd, A Soldier's Play, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical; Dark Sisters, La finta giardiniera, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Rape of Lucretia, Everybody (CCM). Regional: Carousel, Patience, The Sound of Music, The Count of Luxembourg, Guys and Dolls, Orpheus in the Underworld (Ohio Light Opera). Education: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (BFA 2026).
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(she/her) 3rd Season
Military Experience: 6 years Active Duty U.S. Army, SGT(P), 91SN4. Cincinnati: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park), Amen Corner (CSC); Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Who All Over There (Ensemble Theatre); Alabaster, Harry in Harry and The Thief (Know Theatre); Prokofiev's Suite from Romeo and Juliet (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra); The Glass Menagerie (New Edgecliff Theatre); The Bradbury Tattoos: An Experimental Rock Opera (Concert:Nova). Regional: Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous (Human Race Theater) Education: CCM-University of Cincinnati (BFA) Website: keishalkemper.com
(she/her) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Love's Labour's Lost, An Enemy of the People (CSC); What the Constitution Means to Me (regional premiere); Fiona: The Musical (world premiere); How I Learned What I Learned (regional premiere); The Match Game (world premiere); Hands on a Hardbody; Where the Lost Children Play (world premiere) (Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - APT 2B; A Frosty Night (world premiere); A Distinct Society (regional premiere) (Human Race Theatre); FLEX (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Volunteer Coordinator of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival since 2022. Education: University of Kentucky (BA). Website: danitzapiper.com
(she/her) Debut Season
Cincinnati: Love’s Labour’s Lost, An Enemy of the People, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (CSC); Fiddler on the Roof (Cincinnati Opera). Regional: Henry V; Winterdance: ‘Tis the Season; Something Rotten; Little Women (Western Kentucky University MainStage); The Magic Treehouse: A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens, JR. (BG OnStage). Education: Western Kentucky University (BFA).
A Note from the Director, Christopher V. Edwards
Charles Fuller’s A Soldier’s Play is a tight, propulsive whodunit set among Black soldiers on a segregated Louisiana Army base in 1944. The mystery is the engine, but the thing that lands in the gut is how racism—both from the outside and turned inward—warps identity, friendship, and whole communities, harming black and white folks alike. As the son of a man who made a career in the military, and as a military brat myself, the world of this play feels personal: the rhythm of drill, the weight of hierarchy, the pride in the uniform, and the cost that comes with all of it.
First produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1981, A Soldier’s Play was considered too polarizing for Broadway because it refuses to look away from the realities of American racism, both institutional and internalized. It later won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which tells you something about its power and urgency. Fuller sets his story near the end of the war, when Black soldiers were fighting for freedoms overseas that they were systematically denied at home, sharpening the play’s questions about patriotism, justice, and belonging.
In the rehearsal room at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, the company and I are leaning into those fault lines: loyalty versus betrayal, pride versus self-loathing, service versus erasure. At times the play feels like a courtroom drama smashed up against a slice-of-life portrait of military culture. The Black soldiers onstage live in a world where the enemy isn’t only in Germany, Japan, or Italy; it’s also on their own base, in the chain of command, and sometimes lodged in their own minds. My hope is that audiences will sit with those uncomfortable truths about how white supremacy distorts human relationships—even among people who wear the same uniform and fight for the same flag.
This production is an invitation to see these men in full dimension: as soldiers, yes, but also as sons, dreamers, rivals, and brothers trying to survive an impossible position. In telling their story, we honor their service while refusing to look away from the contradictions at the heart of the country they swore to defend.
A Soldier’s Play is set on a segregated U.S. Army base during World War II, a setting defined by structure, hierarchy, and strict codes of behavior. Discover more about the Drill & Ceremony from our Military Consultant, Keisha L. Kemper.
Military Drill:
Military Drill is designed to produce uniformity and structure. A soldier’s response to the commands may seem simple, but it requires specific, precise, and practiced movements. Drill begins with the Position of Attention. Soldiers stand with heels together at a 45-degree angle, bodies upright, eyes forward, and hands in fists at their sides. Soldiers can then be instructed to assume Parade Rest, where the feet are set apart and hands placed behind the back, or At Ease, which allows limited movement while remaining silent. The command As You Were allows soldiers to resume a previous rest position or activity.
Saluting:
The hand salute is a highly regulated symbol of military respect, rooted in centuries of tradition. It acknowledges rank and authority and is meant to express mutual honor among service members. The salute is simple and dignified but carries great significance. It is a time-honored demonstration of courtesy among all military personnel that expresses mutual respect and pride in the service. Soldiers are required to salute when a subordinate encounters a superior officer, during official reports, and when assuming or relinquishing control of a formation, with the method of saluting varying depending on headgear and glasses.
Rank:
The U.S. Army operates under a clearly defined rank system, which determines authority, responsibility, and protocol. Rank dictates who gives orders, who salutes whom, and how soldiers address one another. Understanding rank helps clarify interactions between characters throughout the play. Below is the rank order, from highest to lowest, for characters in A Soldier’s Play:
- Captain (Capt)
- Lieutenant (Lt)
- Technical Sergeant (Tech Sgt)
- Corporal (Corp)
- Private (Pvt)
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The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene ii
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Lightborne
The Macaron Bar
Mellotone Beer Project
Mercantile Library
Midwest Falconry
Mikki Schaffner
NKU Haile Planetarium
Red Tree Coffee and Art
REVEL Urban Winery
Rhinegeist Brewery
State Bound Operations
Western & Southern Financial Group
Legacy Society
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is grateful to the generous donors who have remembered CSC in their estates, or have expressed their commitment to a future planned gift. If you have considered including Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in your estate plans and want to learn more, please reach out to Sara Clark, Director of Development, at Sara.Clark@cincyshakes.com.
Mrs. L.L. Browning
Cynthia Crilley
Estate of Henrietta Barlag
Estate of Dava Lynn Biehl
Estate of James R. Bridgeland, Jr.
William Gordon and Nancy Johnson
The Gumbleton Family
Laura A. Hobson
Thomas P. Lee
Julie Metz
ArtsWave Partners
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company acknowledges the following partner companies, foundations and their employees who generously participate in the annual ArtsWave Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Thank you!
$2 million +
P&G
$1 million to $1,999,999
Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation
$500,000 to $999,999
GE Aerospace
$250,000 to $499,999
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee
Western & Southern Financial Group
$100,000 – $249,999
altafiber
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Reds
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation
The Enquirer│Cincinnati.com
Great American Insurance Group
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Kroger Co.
Messer Construction Co.
PNC