It’s always amazing to be able to sit down and have a dialogue with the audience,” says Merkerson. “Just to see what we’re doing and if it’s coming across. It’s great to be with the actors that way.”
While I Yet Live details Porter’s life growing up in Pittsburgh with five women – his mother and his sisters. The play only runs until October 31st at New York’s Duke Theater.
“It’s been a great experience for me. It’s been six years since I’ve been on stage. I’m working with three women of a certain age,” says Merkerson. “Folks are coming out. It’s been quite an experience. You can always tell when Black folks are in the audience. There are call and response parts of the play and Black people really get the idea of call and response.”
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S. Epatha Merkerson Stars In New Broadway Play, ‘While I Yet Live’
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