Princeton alum Roger Q. Mason will premiere their play The Duat with Philadelphia Theatre Company this June. The production will be helmed by PTC’s Artistic Director, Taibi Magar and star Barrymore Award nominee Frank X. The production will run June 7-23 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre (480 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146).

Fusing dialogue, music and movement, The Duat follows Cornelius Johnson, a former FBI COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) informant as he awakens in the Egyptian afterlife. While he awaits judgment, Cornelius struggles to come to terms with his family history and his own troubling role in the civil rights movement at UCLA in the late 60s. The Duat will be presented in the round with seating onstage, creating a uniquely intimate experience as audiences transition through the Egyptian underworld inside one man’s battle to save his soul.

• When? Performances for The Duat are scheduled on

  • Friday, June 7 at 7pm

  • Saturday, June 8 at 8pm

  • Sunday, June 9 at 3pm

  • Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30pm

  • Wednesday, June 12 at 7pm (opening night)

  • Thursday, June 13 at 7pm

  • Friday, June 14 at 7pm

  • Saturday, June 15 at 2pm & 8pm

  • Sunday, June 16 at 3pm

  • Thursday, June 18 at 6:30pm

  • Wednesday, June 19 at 1pm & 7pm

  • Thursday, June 20 at 7pm

  • Friday, June 21 at 7pm

  • Saturday, June 22 at 2pm & 8pm

  • Sunday, June 23 at 3pm.

• Where? Suzanne Roberts Theatre (480 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146).

For more information and to purchase tickets please visit https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/the-duat/