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STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2023
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Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Director
 
[Regional (US), 2018]
Playwright

Writing

Co-Playwright
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Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Play

Lucas Hnath, A Doll's House, Part 2


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Lucas Hnath, The Christians

Helen Hayes Awards - 2014 - Outstanding New Play or Musical

Lucas HnathRed Speedo

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GIVE ME CARMELITA TROPICANA! Extends for Final Time at Soho Rep

Soho Rep will present a second and final extension of its highly acclaimed world premiere production of Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Review: HILLARY AND CLINTON at Dezart Performs

What did our critic think of HILLARY AND CLINTON at Dezart Performs?
Playwrights Horizons Renames Mainstage 'The Judith O. Rubin Theater' After Longtime Board Chair

Playwrights Horizons  has renamed its Mainstage Theater the Judith O. Rubin Theater,.
Previews: HILLARY AND CLINTON at Dezart Performs

De zart Performs’ Season 17 appropriately kicks off with the 2019 Broadway comedy HILLARY AND CLINTON by Lucas Hnath (November 15 - 24, 2024).
SEX VARIANTS OF 1941: A STUDY OF HOMOSEXUAL PATTERNS Comes to NYU Skirball Next Month

NYU Skirball will present Sex Variants of 1941: A Study of Homosexual Patterns, a world premiere play with music from the award-winning theater company The Civilians, running November 14 – 24 at NYU Skirball.
A DOLL'S HOUSE and A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 Come to Beverly Hills Playhouse

Beverly Hills Playhouse will present the world premiere of two stimulating drama’s A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Mia Christou and A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 by Lucas Hnath, directed by Allen Barton  This is the first time these plays will be seen together in Rep.
Julia Knitel Will Lead BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Asolo Repertory Theatre With Shelley Butler Directing

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced initial casting to the 2024 – 2025 season, which begins November 13 with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Broadway actress and Beautiful veteran, Julia Knitel will lead the cast as Carole King.
THE THIN PLACE Comes to Duluth Playhouse

Duluth Playhouse will launch its 2024-2025 Underground season with The Thin Place by award-winning playwright Lucas Hnath. Running October 17 - 27 at The Lab, this gripping ghost story promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats as it explores the fragile boundary between our world and the one just beyond. 
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Opens American Lives Theatre's Fifth Season

American Lives Theatre has announced the opening of 'What the Constitution Means to Me,' a Pulitzer Finalist and Tony nominee by Heidi Schreck.
Cast Set for ARRIVEDERCI Reading at The Tank's LimeFest

Purple Light Productions has revealed the cast for the premiere reading of Annie Brown's ARRIVEDERCI, directed by Chloe Selavka, at The Tank. Learn how to purchase tickets.
South Coast Repertory Names Suzanne Appel As Managing Director

South Coast Repertory and its Board of Trustees have announced that Suzanne Appel will be the theatre’s new managing director. The appointment follows a national search. Appel joins Artistic Director David Ivers as co-chief executive officer of the Tony Award-winning theatre, now celebrating its 60th season.
Review: RED SPEEDO, Orange Tree Theatre

The world of professional swimming has been dogged by stories of doping and Hnath's play seeks to explore the ethical aspects of this issue and how far someone will go to be a winner. So far, so intriguing, but Red Speedo feels unfinished and Hnath fails to either dig deep enough or offer any interesting commentary about these themes.
Photos: RED SPEEDO Opens This Week at Orange Tree Theatre

All new production photos have been released for Red Speedo at Orange Tree Theatre ahead of its opening night tomorrow. The production starring Finn Cole will then run until 10 August. Check out the photos here!
Dezart Performs Announces 2024/2025 Season

The Season‬ opens with the 2019 Broadway political dark comedy‬‭ HILLARY AND CLINTON ‬‭by Lucas Hnath‬ ‭(November 15 - 24, 2024). Next is the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner‬‭ FAT HAM,‬‭a modern-day‬ ‭Hamlet by James Ijames (January 17 - 26, 2025). The season continues with the Off-Broadway‬ hit drama‬‭ GRAND CONCOURSE ‬‭by award-winning playwright Heidi Schreck.
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS 2024 Cohort Announced

THE 24 HOUR PLAYS has announced this year's cohort for The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, which will return this summer for their 13th year. A weeklong professional development initiative for early-career theater artists, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals 2024 will take place July 15-22, 2024 at the Pace University Lower Manhattan campus. 
Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE: PART II at Beck Center

Western culture was struck by numerous changes in the late twentieth century.  Many monarchs fell, Socialism, Communism and Democracy made in-roads, the social sciences developed the concepts of psychology and sociology, the industrial revolution changed manufacturing, and the way the middle class would live was drastically altered. 
Find Out Who Will Join Finn Cole in Lucas Hnath's RED SPEEDO

Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for the UK première of Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo directed by Matthew Dunster.
iddlebury Acting Company Will Hold Cutting Edge Play Reading of ISAAC'S EYE

Middlebury Acting Company’s Cutting-Edge Staged Reading Series will return with the seventh season of provocative, relevant, intelligent plays.
Cape Cod Theatre Project Announces 30th Season of Plays

The Cape Cod Theatre Project has announced its 30th Season of New Plays, running weekend nights in July from July 5 through July 28 at Falmouth Academy's Simon Center for the Arts.
NYU Skirball Reveals Lineup For Fall 2024 Season

 NYU Skirball’s Fall 2024 season will open on Friday, September 6 with the North American premiere of Counting and Cracking, a two-week run co-presented with The Public Theater. Learn more about the season here!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Lucas Hnath written?

Lucas Hnath has written 6 shows including The Christians (Writer), A Doll's House, Part 2 (Playwright), Hillary and Clinton (Playwright), The Thin (Playwright), Dana H (Playwright), A Simulacrum (Co-Playwright).

What awards has Lucas Hnath been nominated for?

Best Play (Tony Awards) for A Doll's House, Part 2, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Christians and Outstanding New Play or Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Red Speedo.

What awards has Lucas Hnath won?

Lucas Hnath has won the Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for his work on The Christians.

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