GIRL, INTERRUPTED to Have World Premiere at The Public Theater in May 2026

The world premiere production of Girl, Interrupted has been added to The Public’s 2025-2026 season. The new play with music is scheduled to begin in The Public’s Martinson Hall in May 2026. Casting will be announced at a later date.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok brings Girl, Interrupted to the stage for its world premiere. This new take on Susanna Kaysen’s groundbreaking memoir features original music from two-time Grammy Award winner Aimee Mann and choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh.

After being checked into a psychiatric hospital, Susanna finds herself trapped in a place that’s both refuge and prison, discovering unexpected connection with the young women of her ward as they all fight for control, stability, and hope. Tony Award nominee Jo Bonney directs this captivating new play with music.

MARTYNA MAJOK

(Book) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her Broadway debut play, Cost of Living, which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Other plays include Queens, Sanctuary City, Ironbound, and the libretto for Gatsby: An American Myth, with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett. Awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, Arthur Miller Foundation Legacy Award, Obie Award for Playwriting, Hull-Warriner Award, Academy of Arts and Letters’ Benjamin Hadley Danks Award for Exceptional Playwriting, Off Broadway Alliance Best New Play Award, Princeton's Hodder Fellowship, Lark / PoNY Fellowship, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Play, Hermitage Greenfield Prize, Champions of Change Award from the NYC Mayor’s Office, Francesca Primus Prize, two Jane Chambers Playwriting Awards, Lanford Wilson Prize, Lilly Award, Helen Merrill Award, Helen Hayes Awards' Charles MacArthur Award, Jean Kennedy Smith Award, NNPN Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, and Merage Foundation Fellowship for The American Dream, among others. Majok is currently adapting Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for Broadway and is working on several feature film adaptations, including Audition, which she will co-write with Lulu Wang. Her first screenplay, Preparation for the Next Life, was just released in theaters.

AIMEE MANN

(Music) is one of the most distinguished singer-songwriters of her generation. Her successful solo career has spanned several decades with several Grammy nominations, two Grammy Awards, and the release of nine critically acclaimed solo albums, including the profoundly popular soundtrack for the film Magnolia, which garnered an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination for Best Song in 2000. Time magazine has said, “Mann has the same skill that great tunesmiths like McCartney and Neil Young have: the knack for writing simple, beautiful, instantly engaging songs,” while NPR voted her one of the “Top 10 Best Living Songwriters” along with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Her release in 2017 called Mental Illness won her a Grammy for Best Folk Album. Her latest release Queens of the Summer Hotel came out to critical acclaim. It is based on music she wrote for the stage adaptation of the memoir Girl, Interrupted. Earlier in her musical life, Mann fronted the band Til Tuesday, releasing three albums. She has also made numerous memorable cameo appearances in films such as The Big Lebowski and TV shows like “Portlandia” and “The Daily Show.” 

SONYA TAYEH

(Choreography) is a creative visionary whose work relating to the body in motion explores many different worlds. She is the dance backbone behind numerous stage and screen projects, notably in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, for which she won the Tony Award for outstanding choreography. Produced on stages globally, Tayeh has gleaned many accolades for her distinguished work across genres on both stage and screen including two Emmy nominations, an Obie Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Critics Circle Award. Her work has been characterized as a powerful weaving of versatility and theatrical range constructing onstage worlds for which she has been lauded for her chameleon-like choreography and ability to adapt her storytelling to any scale. For a deeper look inside Tayeh’s work visit sonyatayeh.com.

JO BONNEY