The Window on the Work series focuses specifically on Marin Theatre Company's production, design, casting, and rehearsal process.

When available, actors, directors, and designers will join in these discussions.

Jazz
Adapted by Nambi E. Kelley | Based on the book by Toni Morrison
Directed by Awoye Timpo | Music by Marcus Shelby

Harlem, 1926. The city overflows with Jazz. Folks move with musicality, and speak rhythms, and in the heart of it all is Violet—a middle-aged woman set on revenge.

Her husband’s affair with a beautiful young woman sets off a series of violent events and unforgivable acts.

Adapted from Toni Morisson’s stunning novel and musically underscored by Bay-Area jazz musician Marcus Shelby—Jazz is a theatrical composition.

Peeling back layered accounts and alternating perspectives expose ultimately sympathetic characters, who—like the growing New York neighborhood and the winding woods of their youth—reveal their own rhythms.