Pericles: A Public Works Concert Experience

Troy Anthony

Music & Lyrics

is a Kentucky-born composer, director, and theater-maker based in NYC rigorously practicing Black queer joy. He is the Founding Creative Director of Fire Ensemble Inc. where he focuses on the intersection between music theater, community practice, and social justice. He has presented work at 54 Below, JACK, Joe’s Pub, Prospect Theater Company, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Commissions include 5th Avenue Theater, The Civilians, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theater, St. Louis Rep, and The Shed where he’s completing the final year of a 3-year residency. Anthony has over 15 years of experience in youth and community development work with organizations such as the Kentucky Center's Governor's School for the Arts, the Vermont Governor's Institute on the Arts and The Public Theater. He was the first Director of Legacy and Internship Programs at the DreamYard Project in The Bronx where he focused on the importance of emerging leadership.

Carl Cofield

Director

is the Chair of Graduate Acting at NYU and Associate Artistic Director of the award-winning Classical Theatre of Harlem. His directing credits include the world premiere of The XIXth by Kemp Powers for the Old Globe, Seize the King and The Bacchae (both New York Times Critic’s Picks), MEMNON (Getty Villa), One Night in Miami (Rogue Machine, Denver Center), and King Lear starring André De Shields and A Midsummer Night's Dream (CTH). Other regional credits include A Raisin in the Sun and an Afro-futuristic Twelfth Night (Yale Rep and CTH), Disgraced (Denver Center), and The Mountaintop (Cleveland Play House). Cofield helmed The Princeton & Slavery Plays at McCarter Theatre, collaborating with renowned playwrights like Jackie Sibblies Drury and Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins. His acting work spans prestigious theaters nationwide, including Manhattan Theatre Club, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep and others. Honors include an NAACP Theatre Award, an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, AUDELCO, and others. Cofield received an MFA from Columbia School of the Arts.