Caroline, or Change

Following its critically acclaimed run at The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE opened at  at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on May 2, 2004.

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE takes place in Louisiana in 1963, just before President Kennedy's assassination and during the Civil Rights movement. Caroline is the black maid of a Southern family, made up of a father, his new wife and the man's young son. The son's birth mother has recently died, and the stepmother is trying to establish a relationship with the child, who already has a close connection with Caroline. The title has a double meaning, referring to the myriad social changes swirling around the family and a family argument surrounding the spare change perpetually found in the boy's pants pockets.

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE’s creative staff includes Riccardo Hernández (Set Design), Paul Tazewell (Costume Design), Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (Lighting Design), Jon Weston (Sound Design), Jeffrey Frank (Hair Design), Rick Bassett (Orchestrator), Joseph Joubert (Orchestrator), Buryl Red (Orchestrator), Kimberly Grigsby (Music Supervisor), John Miller (Music Coordinator), Linda Twine (Music Director and Conductor), and Hope Clarke (Choreographer).

The Caroline Company is comprised of Carole Shorenstein Hays, HBO Films, Jujamcyn Theaters, Freddy DeMann, Scott Rudin, Hendel/Morten/Wiesenfeld,

Fox Theatricals/Manocherian/Bergère, Roger Berlind, Clear Channel Entertainment, Joan Cullman, Greg Holland/Scott Nederlander, Margo Lion, Daryl Roth, and Frederick Zollo/Jeffrey Sine in association with the Public Theatre.