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Dad Don't Read This Off-Broadway

Dad Don't Read This

Closing: July 18, 2026

Dad Don't Read This - 2026 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Run Type Limited Run
Market Off-Broadway
Previews June 17, 2026
In suburban Central Ohio, four girls meet weekly for a sleepover. They talk and sleep and play The Sims, a computer game that simulates real life, on a laptop. They gossip, snack, and attempt to get drunk. They strive to fulfill their needs, struggle to understand the relationship between doing and being seen, and begin to suspect they don't have a whole lot of agency.

Wait, nevermind; that’s The Sims. Dad Don’t Read This is about the people who know you before you know anything.

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FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Dad Don't Read This

'Dad Don't Read This' Off-Broadway review — a thrilling and intimate portrait of teen girlhood

From: New York Theatre Guide By: Kyle Turner Date: 2026-06-24

9 / 10

Dad Don’t Read This is fueled by the intensity of these small moments that accumulate: how you tell your friends things, the tiny misunderstandings that create an ever-growing wedge, the petty jealousies of who hangs out with whom and when, the thrill of dancing around in your room, the feverish anticipation of hearing something new about the person at school whom you all dislike (or maybe not). It's like we're peeking into moments we shouldn’t: There’s an intoxicating danger to listening to young girls break up and make up, these tiny moments representative of the choices they make to become themselves.

Review: Dad Don’t Read This at St. Luke’s Theatre

From: Exeunt By: Loren Noveck Date: 2026-06-24

9 / 10

Dad Don’t Read This is messy and raw and doesn’t really go anywhere, but the fierce energy of its voice and its sharply observed characters–and particularly those moments where the play’s casually realist surface cracks open to reveal a weirder sense of narrative time or a stunning, mystifying image–will keep it in my mind for a long time.

DAD DON'T READ THIS to Be Recorded for NYPL's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 7, 2026


Eliya Smith's Dad Don't Read This will be recorded for inclusion in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

DAD DON'T READ THIS to Close After Final Extension at Greenwich House Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 1, 2026


Dad Don't Read This, directed by Chloe Claudel and starring Drama Desk winner Amalia Yoo, will present a final one-week extension at Greenwich House Theater before closing.

Review Roundup: DAD DON'T READ THIS Transfers to the Greenwich House Theater
by Stephi Wild - June 25, 2026


Following its run at St. Luke's Theatre, Eliya Smith's Dad Don't Read This transferred to Greenwich House Theater. Read the reviews for Dad Don't Read This here!

DAD DON'T READ THIS to Transfer to Greenwich House Theater
by Stephi Wild - June 3, 2026


Eliya Smith's DAD DON'T READ THIS, a New York Times Critic's Pick directed by Chloe Claudel, transfers to Greenwich House Theater following a sold-out, twice-extended run at St. Luke's Theatre.

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