The Hot Wing King
The Hot Wing King
February/March 2023
Alliance Theatre // Atlanta GA
Written & Directed by Katori Hall
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, THE HOT WING KING is a fierce new comedy about the risks and rewards of celebrating who you are. It’s time for Memphis’s annual “Hot Wang Festival,” and Cordell knows he has the wings that’ll make him king. Supported by his beau Dwayne and best friends who serve as his fry crew “The New Wing Order,” the group settles in for a fun night of pre-competition prep. But when a family emergency forces Dwayne’s troubled nephew into the mix, it quickly becomes a recipe for disaster. Suddenly, the first-place trophy isn’t the only thing that Cordell risks losing. Making its regional debut at Alliance Theatre and directed for the first time by its award-winning playwright Katori Hall (Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and Television’s P-Valley), THE HOT WING KING has been called “flavorful and bitingly funny” by New York Stage Review, and “a delicious new play to be applauded and savored” by Talkin’ Broadway.
- Directed By: Katori Hall
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- Scenic Design: Michael Carnahan
- Costume Design: Dede Ayite
- Lighting Design: Mike Wood
- Sound Design: Connor Wang
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- Assistant LD: Toni Sterling
- Programmer: Ben Strickland
- Lighting Supervisor: Rachael Blackwell
- Assoc. Lighting Supervisor: Joy Diaz
Featuring: Nicco Annan, Bjorn Dupaty, Myles Alexander Evans, Armand Fields, Jay Jones, Calvin Thompson, Jontavious Johnson, Vonderrick Taylor, Barry Westmoreland, & Markell Williams
Production Photos
Photos by Mike Wood
Lighting Plots & Paperwork
HWK at 23 Magic Sheet by Mike Wood on Scribd
B02 Plot All Pages - HWK by Mike Wood on Scribd
