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DC Premiere

Primary Trust

Sep 10 - Oct 20, 2024

A touching and funny story of finding connection and moving forward that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize.

Wally’s Tiki Bar serves the sweetest mai tais in town, and Kenneth never misses a happy hour with his best friend. But when a job loss upends Kenneth’s static existence, he must discover the courage to open a new door and change his life – even if it means facing the past and letting go.

A New York Times Critic’s Pick, this DC premiere is a beautiful and tender journey towards new beginnings and seeing the world for the first time.

“It will restore your faith in theatre’s elemental storytelling powers.” – The Observer

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
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Performance Info

Seating Chart

  • Running Time

    Running time is approximately 95 minutes with no intermission

  • Content Warnings

    This show uses adult language, descriptions of childhood trauma and will contain theatrical haze. Recommended for ages 13+

Content Warnings

This show uses adult language, and has descriptions of childhood trauma, significant alcohol consumption, and theatrical haze. Recommended for ages 13+

Specialty Performances

Discussion Nights

September 24 & October 9

Go behind the scenes with an exclusive post-show discussion following select Tuesday and Wednesday performances.

Pride Night

September 27

A special Friday event for members of the LGBTQ community, family and friends with a lively post-show reception.

Masking Required

September 24 & October 5 (2 PM)

Masks are required inside the performance spaces for these performances

Primary Trust

Digital Program

View the digital program for Primary Trust

The Cast

Frank Britton

Frank Britton

Bert

he/himNYC: La MaMa ETC: Shape. DC AREA: Arena Stage, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Imagination Stage, 1st Stage, WSC Avant Bard, Adventure Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, SCENA Theatre, Theater Alliance, Spooky Action Theater, Washington Stage Guild. REGIONAL: Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theater. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award - Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Helen), 2018. EDUCATION: National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. www.frankbrittonactor.com IG: @frankbrittonactor

Ezinne Elele

Ezinne Elele

Corrina & Others Understudy

she/her DC AREA: Theater Alliance: Poetry for the People: The June Jordan Experience, This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble), A Chorus Within Her, Day of Absence; 1st Stage: Quilters, Under the Sea with Dredgie Mcgee. REGIONAL: Creede Repertory Theatre: Seeds of Change YA Tour. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Best Ensemble. EDUCATION: Howard University: Musical Theater BFA. UPCOMING: Imagination Stage: The New Kid.

Jeremy Keith Hunter

Jeremy Keith Hunter

Kenneth/Bert Understudy

he/him/his DC AREA: Young Playwrights Theatre: Silence is Violence: Wish Me Well (Asst. Dir); Port Tobacco Players: A Raisin in the Sun (Director); 1st Stage: Mlima’s Tale (Mlima); Everyman Theatre: Proof (Hal); WSC Avant Bard: Topdog/Underdog (Lincoln - Heyen Hayes Nomination); Studio Theatre: Pass Over (emergency u/s), Chimerica (Tristan Fey u/s); Mosaic Theatre Company: Les Deux Noirs (James Baldwin), Hooded: or Being Black for Dummies (Tru), Milk Like Sugar (Antwoine), When January Feels Like Summer (Devaugn); Theatre Alliance: Word Becomes Flesh (u/s); Lyric Repertory Company: A Raisin in the Sun (Walter Lee); Clybourne Park (Albert/Kevin). Jeremykeithhunter.com. Iammercury.com. IG: mercury2899

Yesenia Iglesias

Yesenia Iglesias

Corrina & Others

she/her/ella SIGNATURE: Daphne’s Dive, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. DC AREA: Folger Shakespeare: Metamorphoses; Love’s Labor’s Lost; Studio: At the Wedding; Arena: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive; Olney Theatre: Dance Nation; Kennedy Center: Kid Prince and Pablo; Shakespeare Theatre: Hamlet, King Charles III; Ford’s: A Christmas Carol; Round House: The Legend of Georgia McBride; Constellation: The Caucasian Chalk Circle; The Arabian Nights. Adirondack Theatre: Dial 'M' for Murder; ACT/SideCountry Theatre: Passing Strange; Seattle Children’s: Mwindo. EDUCATION: University of Washington.

Julius Thomas III

Julius Thomas III

Kenneth

BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOURS: Hamilton (A.Ham), Motown: The Musical (Berry Gordy), The Scottsboro Boys (Roy), The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Xanadu, Shrek The Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. REGIONAL: Berkeley Rep., The Vineyard, The Guthrie, West Virginia Public, Music Theatre Wichita, Beef & Boards, and more. TV: Law & Order, Sesame Street, Modern Family, Good Guy With A Pun. NAACP Theatre Award Nominated. @juliusthomas3 (Instagram) and www.juliusthomas3.com

Craig Wallace

Craig Wallace

Sam/Clay & Others

SIGNATURE: Angels in America, Parts 1 & 2. DC AREA select: Round House Theatre: Radio Golf, Ink, Master Harold and the Boys; Folger Theatre: Othello (Othello), Twelfth Night, District Merchants (world premiere); Shakespeare Theatre Company: Our Town, King Lear; Ford’s Theatre: August Wilson’s Fences, Death of a Salesman, The Laramie Project, A Christmas Carol (Ebenezer Scrooge); Arena Stage: All the Way, The Great Society, K2; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Our Lady of 121st Street, Botticelli in the Fire; Studio Theatre: F***ing A, Three Sisters. REGIONAL: Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and Shakespeare Santa Cruz. EDUCATION: Howard University, BFA. Pennsylvania State University, MFA. Royal National Theatre, London.

James Whalen

James Whalen

Sam/Clay & Others Understudy

he/him SIGNATURE: Ragtime, Daphne’s Dive. DC AREA: Woolly Mammoth: Shipwreck; Arena Stage: The Heiress, The Little Foxes; Round House Theatre: Small Mouth Sounds, NSFW; Rep Stage: True West, Boeing Boeing; Olney Theatre Center: Colossal, DA; Theatre J: The Sisters Rosensweig, The Argument, Race; The Kennedy Center: Shear Madness; Mosaic Theatre Company: Fabulation; Everyman Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ghosts, Tribes, The Dresser, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Time Stands Still, Betrayal, The Cripple of Inishmaan. REGIONAL: Actors Theatre of Louisville: Dracula. TV/FILM: House of Cards, VEEP, I Love You But I Lied, Money Matters, Mistaken, A Beautiful Mind.

Creative Team

Enhance Your Experience

FREE, The Mead Lobby or Online

Inside Signature with Julius Thomas III

October 3, 2024

Julius Thomas III has played powerhouse musical roles such as Alexander Hamilton and Berry Gordy on Broadway and in National Tours. Now, he makes his Signature debut as Kenneth in Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning Primary Trust. Learn all about gr

Mai Tai and Chocolate Muffin

Ali's Bar Specials

Head to Ali’s Bar in the Mead Lobby on the 2nd floor to enjoy our Primary Trust inspired specials: Mai Tai and Kenneth’s Chocolate Cake.

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