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The Skin of Our Teeth

Ages: 6+
Closing: July 12, 1998

The Skin of Our Teeth - 1998 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Delacorte Theatre
81st and Central Park New York, NY 10024

Completed by the author less than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, The Skin of our Teeth (1942) broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire, and elements of the comic strip, Thornton Wilder depicts an Everyman Family as it narrowly escapes one end-of-the-world disaster after another, from the Ice Age to flood to war.

Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, New Jersey, a suburban, commuter-town couple (married for 5,000 years), who bear more than a casual resemblance to that first husband and wife, Adam and Eve: the two Antrobus children, Gladys (perfect in every way, of course) and Henry (who likes to throw rocks and was formerly known as Cain); and their garrulous maid, Sabina (the eternal seductress), who takes it upon herself to break out of character and interrupt the course of the drama at every opportunity (“I don’t understand a word of this play!”)


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In this edition of Words From The Wings, we catch up with Phillip Taratula who is currently appearing in Ginger Twinsies Off-Broadway. He takes us backstage at the Orpheum Theatre to share pre-show rituals, favorite moments, must-haves, and more!

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Review: AKIRA KUROSAWA EXPLAINS HIS MOVIES AND YOGURT (WITH LIVE AND ACTIVE CULTURES!) at Woolly Mammoth
by Mary Lincer - May 15, 2025


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2025


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Theatre for a New Audience Appoints Arin Arbus as Artistic Director
by Stephi Wild - Apr 30, 2025


Theatre for a New Audience has announced that OBIE Award-winning director Arin Arbus will be its next Artistic Director when Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz steps down on August 31, 2025.

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by Sidney Paterra - Apr 3, 2026


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Video: Watch a Ccene from Thornton Wilder's THE EMPORIUM at Alley Theatre
by Joshua Wright - May 29, 2024


Get a first look at Alley Theatre's production of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium. Directed by Melrose and completed by Kirk Lynn, this existential play asks the question - if life is a job interview, do we qualify for our existence? Check out the all-new video.

Cast Set for Alley Theatre's World Premiere of Thornton Wilder's Unfinished Play THE EMPORIUM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 2, 2024


Alley Theatre has revealed the cast of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

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by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2023


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2023


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2023


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by Nicole Rosky - Jul 18, 2023


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by Nicole Rosky - May 8, 2023


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by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2023


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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2023


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by A.A. Cristi - Jun 8, 2022


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by Team BWW - May 9, 2022


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VIDEO: Who Will Win the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Live at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - May 9, 2022


The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2022 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

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The Skin of Our Teeth History

Other Productions of The Skin of Our Teeth

1986   Off-Broadway
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1998   Off-Broadway
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