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Transfers

By: Lucy Thurber
Narrated by: Glenn Davis, Ato Blankson-Wood, Juan Castano, Leon Addison Brown, Samantha Soule
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In this riveting drama by acclaimed playwright Lucy Thurber, two gifted young men from the South Bronx - one Black and one Latino - compete for a life-changing scholarship at an elite university. Refusing to be defined by their circumstance, each man must find his own way out of his difficult past.

©2020 Lucy Thurber (P)2020 AO Media LLC
Drama & Plays United States Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Funny Witty
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About the Performer

Glenn Davis has been a Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2017, where he most recently appeared in Downstate, which then transferred to The National Theatre in the UK. At Steppenwolf, he has also appeared in The Christians, You Got Older, The Brother/Sister Plays, and Head of Passes. Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (also Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum). Off-Broadway credits are Transfers (MCC Theatre) and Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre). Other regional credits include Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow, Caligula, Polaroid Stories, Vassa Zheleznova (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and Wig Out! (Sundance Institute, Theatre Lab). International credits include Downstate (National Theatre, UK), Edward II, The Winter’s Tale and As You Like It (Stratford Festival), as well as Othello at The Shakespeare Company. Television credits include Billions, 24, The Unit, Jericho, and The Good Wife.

About the Performer

Broadway: Slave Play, Hair, Lysistrata Jones Off-broadway: The Rolling Stone at Lincoln Center Theater, Slave Play at NYTW (Lortel nomination), The Total Bent at The Public (Drama League, Lortel nominations), The Public Works’ Twelfth Night and As You Like It, Transfers at MCC, the Foundry Theater’s O. Earth, and Iphigenia in Aulis at ‪CSC. Film/TV: Worth, BlacKkKlansman, ‪The Kindergarten Teacher, Detroit, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, When They See Us (Netflix), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), She’s Gotta Have It (Netflix), and The Good Fight (CBS). He is a Member of The Actors Center and Graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Yale School of Drama.

About the Performer

Before starring in What/if and Tales of the City, Juan closed his stand-out performance as Cristofer in MCC's production of Transfers by Lucy Thurber off-Broadway, for which he received a Lucille Lortel award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play. Transfers was the latest in a non-stop stream of NY theatre, including starring roles in A Parallelogram at 2nd Stage (directed by Michael Greif) and the Public's Oedipus El Rey as Oedipus. For his achievements in theater, Juan was also honored with the Drama Desk's highly coveted Sam Norkin Award given for off-Broadway excellence. The most recent recipients of this award include Danai Gurira and Lila Neugebauer.

About the Performer

Broadway: Misery, The Trip to Bountiful, On the Waterfront, Someone to Watch Over Me, Prelude to a Kiss. Off-Broadway: Transfers (MTC), Master Harold and the Boys (Drama League Nomination for Distinguished Performance and Audelco Nomination, CCC award for outstanding Actor 2003, 2019), The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Train Driver, The Orphans' Home Cycle, The Alexander Plays (Signature Theatre); The Box (Foundry Theatre); The Lights (LCT); As You Like It (TFANA). Selected Regional: Dallas Theatre CTR, Baltimore Center Stage, Great Barrington Playwrights Lab, Hartford Stage, Westport Playhouse, People's Light Theatre, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale Rep., Long Wharf. Film/TV: Ben is Back, Elementary, The Breaks, Madame Secretary, The Knick, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Good Wife, The Whirlygirl, Hamlet, Law & Order, and SVU. Upcoming Films: The Surrogate and Paris Blues. Training: BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts.

About the Performer

Samantha Soule Broadway: The Philanthropist, Dinner At Eight, Coram Boy. Off-Broadway: Transfers (MCC), Convent (Rising Phoenix), And I And Silence (Signature Theater); A Fable, A Summer Day; Killers and Other Family, The Hilltown Plays (Rattlestick, Obie Award); Barbecue, Much Ado About Nothing, Detroit '67 (Public), A Little Journey (Mint, Drama Desk Nom.); Gabriel, The Voysey Inheritance (Atlantic); Monstrosity (I3P); Valhalla (New York Theater Workshop); The Dining Room (Keen, Drama Desk Award). Selected Regional Theater: Transfers (Powerhouse), Thieves (Rising Phoenix Rep), Candida, Edith (Berkshire Theater Festival), A Body of Water (Old Globe), The Evildoers (Yale Rep), Twelfth Night, An Enemy of The People, The Tempest (Shakespeare Theater), Lady Windermere's Fan (Williamstown) Film/TV: Queen’s Gambit, Outer Banks, Nos4a2 , FBI:Most Wanted, City On A Hill, Tales Of The City, Godless, Blacklist, Nurse Jackie, Blue Bloods, Do No Harm, Law & Order: SVU, Smash, How We Got Away With It, Cigarette Soup, The Penny Dreadful Picture Show, Revolutionary Road. BFA: The Juilliard School. Artistic Associate of Rising Phoenix Rep.

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What a beautiful sorry, acted perfectly, with extreme poignancy and depth. Whoa! A true joy to listen to

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One of the best short stories I’ve read.

So much story packed into such a small story. These people’s stories are vivid in there telling and ring true. Their limits and past experiences helps to cast a light at who they are, but does not limit who and what they will become.

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Loved!

I really appreciated this story and it was very well done. I’m excited to share it with my family, especially nieces and nephews.

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As deep as you let it be

This story is a profound reflection upon how our circumstances in life affect our opportunities, and not always in the ways we think. The narrators are superb. I hope you not only take a listen but allow yourself to be moved and to think about what this work is saying about our culture.

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Forever moved by this story

I have never felt compelled to write a review before for anything. I downloaded this and let it linger in my library, bored with other books I played it. it is a beautiful story. please allow yourself 2 hours, this story will change you!

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A great short listen

I almost forgot I was listening to a book because it was so movie like!

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Wonderful and moving play!

Transfers on Audible is a fantastic audio theatre experience! Writing is complex and compelling, acting nuanced and true. Definitely recommend!

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Transfers

Good story. I enjoyed listening to the narrator / actors. I found this story to be rather short.

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Bravissimo!

a true work of art, an agile and intelligent dialogue, wonderful performers, the best hour and a half I've enjoyed in a long time, bravo!

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Phenomenal

Brilliant. This short story is one of the most beautiful writings I’ve read. Thank you 😊

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