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Primary Trust
by Eboni Booth
Directed by Susan Dalian
February 4-21, 2026
~95 mins, Drama
For 15 years, Kenneth has been working days at the bookstore in his small town outside of Rochester, New York, and enjoying mai tais with his friend Bert at night. When the bookstore closes, Kenneth, now 38 years old, is forced to make changes that push past his comfort zone – sometimes that means reconciling with the past, and sometimes that means making new friends.
“This is the story of friendship. Of how I got a new job. A story of love and balance and time. And the smallest of chances.”
-Kenneth in Primary Trust
Cast:
Malcolm Barrett* (Kenneth)
Ben Cain* (Bert)
David Anthony Smith* (Clay/Sam/Le Pousselet Bartender)
Cloie Wyatt Taylor* (Corrina/Wally’s Waiter/Bank Customers)
Thomas Paul (Musician)
Production and Design Team:
Susan Dalian (Director)
Elena Maddy (Stage Manager)
Tris Berg (Assistant Stage Manager)
Sam Murphy (Assistant Stage Manager Sub)
Nicholas Jules Hewitt (Scenic Designer/Technical Director)
Chris Pedersen (Master Carpenter)
Diana Herrera (Lighting Designer)
Joshua Vrooman (Master Electrician)
Amandalynn Lovewell (Scenic Charge)
Arabella Lytton Gay (Scenic Artist)
Rachael Fry (Props Artisan)
Harper Justus (Sound Designer)
Brayden Buckley (Sound Engineer/Sound Board Operator)
Dacia Murdoch (Light Board Operator)
*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Reviews:
“I was left wondering, strangely for a critic: If everyone’s point of view is valid, is anyone’s?” -Jesse Green, The New York Times
“Reaches a peak of hilarity that would make Oscar Wilde envious. It’s that good. There wasn’t a soul in the theatre not convulsed with laughter… it is a shockingly beautiful piece of writing.” Lloyd Evans, The Spectator
“Never has a work so successfully integrated the effect of social media, in real time, on our un-virtual lives, as Jonathan Spector’s play.” – SF Weekly
“Talented playwright Jonathan Spector has achieved the almost impossible. He’s created an exceptional play that is laugh-out-loud funny, yet with an intelligent and introspective perspective… inventive, humorous and heartbreaking.” – Berkeleyside
“This is the play that would have kept us sane during lockdown” Clive Davis, The Times of London (****)
“Brilliantly funny and cleverly thought-provoking” Marianka Swain, London Theater (****)
About the Playwright
Eboni Booth is a writer and actor from New York City. Her plays include Primary Trust (2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Outer Critics Circle Award) and Paris. For television, she has written for Hulu’s We Were the Lucky Ones and HBO Max’s Julia. Her work has been developed with Ojai Playwrights Conference, Cape Cod Theater Project, WP Theater, Two River Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Northern Stage. As an actor, Eboni has appeared in productions at Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Manhattan Theater Club, Ars Nova, WP Theater, Page 73, Soho Rep., Clubbed Thumb, and more. Eboni is a resident playwright at New Dramatists, and the recipient of a Dramatists Guild Horton Foote Award, a Steinberg Playwright Award, a Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, and a John Gassner Award. She is a graduate of Juilliard’s playwriting program and the University of Vermont.
Play Sponsor
Forge Signworks
Media Sponsor
KTVB
Access Partner
First Interstate Bank
Special Performance Dates
Preview Nights:
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First Thursday Happy Hour:
Opening Night & After Party:
Educators’ Night:
Post-Show Convos:
Brunch for BCT:
Closing Night:
Feb. 4, 5, and 6, 2026
Wednesday, Feb. 4 & 18, 2026
5:30-6:30 pm, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Read more about Dinner at The Avery.
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026
Stay to talk with the actors & designers after the Saturday, Feb. 14 matinee & the Friday, Feb. 20 show!
Noon, Saturday, Feb. 21. Pre-Fixe Brunch at Avery Bar + Brasserie. Read more here.
Feb. 21, 2026
Show Times
ALL EVENING PERFORMANCES NOW START AT 7:00 PM
Wed, Thur, Fri, & Sat – 7:00 pm
Saturday Matinee – 2:00 pm
Content and Stage Effects Advisory
BCT does not proactively offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person.
If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 208.331.9224 or boxoffice@bctheater.org.
