Table 17 – Play – Mini Review – Union Arts Center

Opening weekend of Douglas Lyons’s Table 17 play at Union Arts Center. Think equal parts BET rom-com, The Last Five Years, & First Date. Electric chemistry between Bria Samoné Henderson, Brandon JonesMooney, & Lamar Legend. Lamar steals the show cast doubling as a sassy gay waiter. Surprising amount of 4th-wall-breaking flair & audience callbacks. Closes 11/15/26. Don’t forget your corduroy! #black #POC #BiPOC #relationships

Tickets: https://www.unionartscenter.org/table-17/

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Table 17

Playwright: Douglas Lyons

Director: Shermona Mitchell

Dates: October 24 – November 15, 2026

Cast

  • Bria Samoné Henderson* – Jada
  • Brandon Jonesmooney – Dallas
  • Lamar Legend* – River / Eric

Creative Team

  • Shermona Mitchell^ – Director
  • Douglas Lyons – Playwright
  • Parmida Ziaei – Scenic Designer
  • Alexander Winterle – Scenic Assistant
  • Danielle Nieves~ – Costume Designer
  • Andrew D. Smith~ – Lighting Designer
  • Jacob Viramontes – Assistant Lighting Designer
  • Jerik Fernandez – Sound Designer
  • Raya Tuffaha – Intimacy Director
  • Tarquinn White – Associate Director

Stage Management

  • Laurel Nichols* – Stage Manager (9/11 – 11/12)
  • Monique Otter-Johnson – Production Assistant
  • Bret Torbeck – Stage Manager (11/10 – 11/15)

Theatre & Season Partners

  • Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (A&)
  • 4Culture
  • ArtsFund
  • Katharyn Alvord Gerlich
  • Grousemont Foundation
  • Nesholm Family Foundation
  • The Shubert Foundation
  • MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions

Union & Industry Affiliations

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

^ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)

~ Member of United Scenic Artists, the Representative Voice of Designers and Scenic Artists

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