Covenant Tickets

By: York Walker
Director: Tiffany Nichole Greene
Producer: Roundabout Theatre Company Cast list: Crystal Dickinson (as Mama), Chaundre Hall-Broomfield (as Johnny "Honeycomb" James), Ashley Hildreth (as Violet), Jade Payton (as Avery), Lark White (as Ruthie)

Walker developed his play at multiple theatre companies and festivals leading up to this fully-staged production of Covenant off Broadway. They include the Fire This Time Festival, Access Theatre’s 4 Flights Up Festival, and Arizona Theatre Company's Digital Play Series.

The playwright now makes his Roundabout Theatre Company debut with Covenant in New York. The nonprofit organization presents the play as part of its Roundabout Underground series for new works by emerging playwrights. As part of the program, Roundabout will commission a future play by Walker.

What to watch for

• Covenant was the inaugural recipient of Vineyard Theatre's Colman Domingo Award, which honors multi-talented Black male theatremakers, in 2019.
• Tiffany Nichole Greene directs Covenant. She was the first resident director for the national tour of Hamilton, but much of her directing work is with world-premiere plays.
• All five members of the Covenant cast make their Roundabout Theatre Company debuts with the show, and one, Jade Payton, makes her New York theatre debut.
• A covenant is another word for an agreement, but it's often used in religious contexts to refer to a commitment between a god and their people.