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Second Stage Theater, coming disconnected a successful play pinch acclaimed productions of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw, will anchor its upcoming 48th play astir a Broadway line-up to see a modern re-telling of nan philharmonic The Fantasticks and a caller play from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins who antecedently teamed pinch nan theatre institution connected nan deed productions of his Appropriate and Purpose.
In summation to nan 2 Broadway productions, Second Stage announced coming 3 Off Broadway projects for nan caller season, including Bryna Turner’s The Visitors, Miranda Rose Hall’s Work of Devotion and Naomi Lorrain’s How to Roll a Blunt.
“Second Stage Theater has ever been nan premiere location for modern useful by some emerging writers and established masters, and this upcoming play is nary exception,” said Artistic Director Evan Cabnet. “I americium incredibly proud of nan 5 productions we’ll beryllium bringing to life, including 2 world premiere plays from up-and-coming playwrights whose singular voices perpetually surprise, challenge, and move me: Bryna Turner and Miranda Rose Hall, arsenic good arsenic a New York premiere from Naomi Lorrain, whose stunning caller play was developed present astatine Second Stage done our invaluable Judith Champion Reading Series.”
Casting and afloat imaginative teams for each productions will beryllium announced astatine a later date.
Here’s nan line-up announced today:
THE FANTASTICKS
BROADWAY PREMIERE
Produced successful relation pinch Broadway and Beyond Theatricals, Daryl Roth, and True North Theatricals.
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Revised Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli
Performances statesman October 22, 2026
Opening November 16, 2026
Venue: Broadway’s The Hayes Theater
Synopsis: “Two boys. Their 2 mothers. And a mischievous scheme to make nan young men autumn successful love. This is The Fantasticks, known and adored crossed nan globe, successful a Broadway premiere that brings glorious caller life to nan beloved classic. With a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and euphony by Harvey Schmidt, this inspired reinterpretation celebrates love, reconciliation, and nan singular powerfulness of theater. Brilliantly reconceived by Jones himself, it retains each nan bosom and joke that person made The Fantasticks 1 of nan astir iconic musicals of each time. Tony Award victor Christopher Gattelli (Schmigadoon!, Newsies) directs.”
GLORIA
BROADWAY PREMIERE
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Second Stage Artistic Director Evan Cabnet
Performances statesman March 17, 2027
Opening April 5, 2027
Venue: Broadway’s The Hayes Theater
Synopsis: “In nan cutthroat offices of a prestigious New York City magazine, a group of low-level labor frantically effort to claw their measurement up nan firm ladder. Ruthless and driven, they’re consenting to do almost thing to get up – moreover arsenic their once-glamorous manufacture collapses astir them. With sharp, cutting wit, Gloria expertly skewers nan absurd, dog-eat-dog world of early-career master life successful nan 2010s.”
THE VISITORS
WORLD PREMIERE
By Bryna Turner
Directed by Jenna Worsham
Performances statesman October 21, 2026
Opening November 9, 2026
Venue: Off Broadway’s The Irene Diamond Stage astatine nan Pershing Square Signature Center
Synopsis: “Joanna is successful her mid-thirties and eager to go a parent. When she invites her 3 siblings to her New York City flat to inquire them for a shocking favor, they’re each forced to get to cognize each different arsenic adults – but whether they’ll look from nan sojourn person aliases much astatine likelihood than ever is anyone’s guess. From playwright Bryna Turner and head Jenna Worsham, The Visitors is simply a wry, heartfelt world premiere comedy-drama astir yet gathering nan group you’ve known your full life.”
WORK OF DEVOTION
WORLD PREMIERE
Written by Miranda Rose Hall
Performances statesman February 3, 2027
Opening February 22, 2027
Venue: Off Broadway’s The Irene Diamond Stage astatine nan Pershing Square Signature Center
Synopsis: “’No one, I mean nary one, comes present because they want to beryllium a nun.’ Welcome to Work of Devotion, a raucous, profound, and decidedly modern communicative astir a group of 8th period nuns successful agrarian Italy hopeless to make meaning retired of their constrained lives. When their leader dies successful a freak mishap (don’t ask), nan women inquire themselves: How do we really want to live? Written by Miranda Rose Hall, this is simply a dazzlingly original world premiere play astir devoting yourself to beauty, wonder, and nan glorious absurdity of being alive.”
how to rotation a blunt
WORLD PREMIERE
By Naomi Lorrain
Directed by Colette Robert
Performances statesman April 14, 2027
Opening April 28, 2027
Venue: Off Broadway’s The Irene Diamond Stage astatine nan Pershing Square Signature Center
Synopsis: “Maya is simply a writer. James is simply a painter. They’re champion friends — and their assemblage exes are astir to get married… to each other. Should Maya and James spell to nan wedding? Of people they shouldn’t. But will they? how to rotation a blunt is a warm, irreverent dramedy astir love, friendship, and nan often ridiculous entanglements of young adulthood. Written by playwright and character Naomi Lorrain and directed by Colette Robert, how to rotation a blunt is by turns hilarious and profound: a ceremony of Black emotion successful each its galore forms.”
