THE PUBLIC THEATER

On March 13, 2020, as theaters shut their doors and so many of us went into lockdown, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and The Public’s Writer-in-Residence  Suzan-Lori ...

In 2015, Mohegan theatre-maker  Madeline Sayet  moved to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, grappling with the question of what it means to remain ...

Tony Kushner; dir: Eustis Oskar....

Structurally, For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems, collectively called a "choreopoem". "Shange's poetry expresses the many struggles and obstacles African-American women face ...

Richard Nelson; dir: Richard Nelson. World Premiere...

book: David Henry Hwang; lyrics: David Henry Hwang, Jeanine Tesori; music: Jeanine Tesori; dir: Leigh Silverman....

book: Kristoffer Diaz; lyrics: David Zippel; music: Alan Menken; dir: Lear deBessonet. World Premiere...

In a thrilling and timely production, presented in association with the celebrated investigative theater company, The Civilians, THE GREAT IMMENSITY is a continent-hopping thriller following ...

Shiva Theater: Ted Shen; lyrics: Ted Shen; music: Ted Shen; dir: Jonathan Butterell....

Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog, The Book of Grace) continues her longstanding residency as The Public’s Master Writer Chair with FATHER COMES HOME FROM ...

LuEsther Hall: Suzan-Lori Parks; dir: Jo Bonney....

We are collaborating with two of the world's most prestigious theaters – The Public in NYC and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK – ...

In an exciting international collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and GableStage, Miami, The Public welcomes back writer/director Tarell Alvin McCraney (The Brother/Sister Plays) as ...

This acclaimed 12-day festival, curated by Mark Russell and Meiyin Wang, showcases cutting-edge theater from around the U.S. and the world, with all performances at ...

Each year since 2010, Tony Award winner Richard Nelson has premiered a new play at The Public about the fictional, liberal Apple family of Rhinebeck, ...

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In this comic and complex play, one of Brecht's most entertaining characters, Shen Tei, ...

Shawn’s most outlandish work to date, GRASSES OF A THOUSAND COLORS, is a disturbing and anomalously beautiful play that explores the role of human beings ...

From four-time Tony Award-nominated composer Jeanine Tesori (Caroline, or Change) and Tony-nominee Lisa Kron (In The Wake, Well) comes a fresh, daring new musical based ...

Elevator Repair Service ; dir: John Collins....

Mike Daisey; dir: Jean-Michele Gregory....

The Designated Mourner is a monologue-triptych in which three artist-intellectuals describe their experiences as their once-liberal country sinks into totalitarianism. A famous poet-intellectual, his daughter, ...

LuEsther Hall: - David Byrne; music: David Byrne, Fatboy Slim; dir: Alex Timbers....

Martinson Theater: - Richard Foreman; dir: Richard Foreman....

World premiere. Within a throbbing dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos and her ...

In a politically charged, haunting meditation on theater and the revolutionary impulse, writer-director Guillermo Calderón’s NEVA tells the story of Anton Chekhov’s widow, the actress ...

Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....

Best-selling author Nathan Englander (What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank) adapts this new play from his acclaimed short story of the ...

Based on the classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, GIANT spans generations in an epic chronicle of Texas, our “Heartbreak Country.” Amid a ...

Play Three of The Apple Family Plays Written and Directed by Richard Nelson A year after Sweet and Sad, the Apple family again share a ...

Exploring the surreal, bizarre, and outrageous comedy that lies in dealing with death and healing, WILD WITH HAPPY follows the journey of a young man ...

Shawn’s most outlandish work to date, Grasses of a Thousand Colors, is a disturbing and anomalously beautiful play that touches on almost every imaginable form ...

One of Shakespeare’s most charismatic villains cuts a scorched-earth swath through the politicos, power-mongers, and even his own family members who stand between him and ...