Brave New World Repertory Brings A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN to Wyckoff House Museum

Brave New World Repertory Theatre will present Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten in a uniquely atmospheric setting this month: the grounds of Brooklyn’s historic Wyckoff House Museum, the city’s oldest structure, built in 1652.

Performances will take place June 15–16 and June 22, transforming the East Flatbush landmark into an evocative backdrop for O’Neill’s deeply personal drama.

Fresh off a successful run at Park Slope’s Old Stone House, this outdoor staging of O’Neill’s final play continues the company’s tradition of site-specific theater that brings American classics into Brooklyn’s public and historic spaces.

“O’Neill is the father of American drama and Off-Broadway theatre,” said Claire Beckman, Brave New World’s co-founder and producing artistic director, who also directs the production. “Presenting A Moon for the Misbegotten outdoors, under the stars, in a space that predates the country itself gives the play’s themes of poverty, longing, and personal reckoning even more resonance.”

Set in 1923, the play explores the raw emotional terrain between Josie Hogan, a tough Irish-American farm woman, and James Tyrone Jr., a fading Broadway actor haunted by guilt and family loss. The production stars Erin Treadway—recently praised by The New Yorker as a “stunning talent”—as Josie, alongside John Edmond Morgan, Alex Dmitriev, and Christopher Sears.

O’Neill, the only American playwright to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote Moon as a companion piece to Long Day’s Journey into Night. It is widely considered one of his most intimate and redemptive works, drawn from his own struggles with addiction, grief, and love.

“The play, set more than 100 years ago, resonates right now with themes of loneliness, class warfare, and the absence of any social safety net,” said Beckman. “We all need some affordable escape that isn’t on our screens.”

Performance Schedule – Wyckoff House Museum (5816 Clarendon Rd, East Flatbush):

• Sunday, June 15 at 7:00 PM

• Monday, June 16 at 7:00 PM

• Sunday, June 22 at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM

Tickets:

• General Admission: $35

• Under 25: $25

Creative Team:

• Director: Claire Beckman

• Associate Producer: Celeste Muniz*

• Stage Manager: Emely Zepeda*

• Lighting Design: Piper Phillips

• Costume Design: Martina Nevermann

• Sound Design: Leegrid Stevens

(* denotes AEA member)

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