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Underground Railroad Game - 2016 - Off-Broadway Tickets, News, Info & More

Good morning, America! Welcome to Hanover Middle School, where a pair of teachers are getting down and dirty with today’s lesson. The nimble duo goes round after round on the mat of our nation’s history, tackling race, sex and power in this R-rated, kaleidoscopic and fearless comedy.

History:

Production
Run Type: Limited Run
Market: Off-Broadway
Previews: September 13, 2016
Closing: November 11, 2016

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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2022
Ars Nova and PlayCo will present the world premiere of HOUND DOG by 2019 Ars Nova resident artist Melis Aker. Directed by Machel Ross with music by Aker and the Lazours, this cross-cultural jam-session-meets-play explores the winding path towards forgiveness and belonging.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 9, 2020
Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, has announced a new series of live-streamed performances that push the boundaries of live performance inside the digital space.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2022
Theatre for a New Audience will present Denis Johnson’s Des Moines, the final play from the late author, and the first play by Johnson TFANA has staged, November 29, 2022–January 1, 2023, at Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2022
New York Theatre Workshop has announced that Obie Award winner and NYTW Usual Suspect Taibi Magar (Help) will direct the previously announced production of The Half-God of Rainfall by Hay Festival Medal for Poetry winner Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles), part of NYTW’s 2022/23 season.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2022
Page 73 has announced 13 semifinalists for the 2023 Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. The selected playwright will be Page 73’s 20th Fellow, honored during the organization’s 25th anniversary year.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2022
Due to Covid cases within the company, Theatre for a New Audience is canceling five preview performances of the Off-Broadway premiere of iconic American writer Denis Johnson's Des Moines, directed by Arin Arbus and featuring Johanna Day, Arliss Howard, Hari Nef, Michael Shannon, and Heather Alicia Simms.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2020
With an eye toward the future, Seattle Rep today announced the largest playwright commission project of the organization's history. After what has and continues to be a relentless year for the arts, Seattle Rep plants seeds for the future of the industry by devising an ambitious commission project featuring three initiatives: 20x30: Reimagining the Anthropocene, a program that will commission 20 playwrights; New Directions, a program that will commission directors each year; and the launch of a commissioning program for Seattle Rep's Public Works.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2022
Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will come to Schenectady in 2023. The show will play Proctors from Tuesday, February 28 – Sunday, March 5, 2023.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2020
CultureHub and La MaMa will present Mute Swan, the latest work from Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2021
Ars Nova has announced the lineup for its 13th Annual ANT Fest featuring 12 shows premiering on the streaming platform Ars Nova Supra. Running June 14–26, 2021, this festival of all new talent, all the time, showcases new work from New York’s most adventurous emerging artists.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 17, 2022
The Wilma Theater has announced the complete 2022/23 Season. Subscription packages for the 22/23 Season are on sale now.
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2021
Theatre Horizon's Art Houses program has announced the sixth show of the popular series, which partners professional theatre artists with families and households throughout the Greater Philadelphia region to create original performance works that will be presented on a monthly basis.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 9, 2023
Ars Nova will celebrate its 20th Anniversary and honor its founders Jenny & Jon Steingart at Nova Ball, Ars Nova’s annual benefit-turned-party of the season.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 8, 2021
Theater in Quarantine has announced a new series of live-streamed performances. Running March 5–May 20, the season features new work by playwrights Liza Birkenmeier and Julia Izumi as well as a new adaptation of Tristan Tzara’s The Gas Heart that marks the centennial of the Dada masterpiece. 
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2021
Center Theatre Group’s Dorothy and Richard Sherwood Award will go to two artists – D’Lo and Mikaal Sulaiman. Center Theatre Group recognizes and celebrates this year’s finalists for their exceptional contributions to the Los Angeles theatre landscape and their work as innovative and adventurous artists.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 3, 2023
Ars Nova has announced details for performances taking place in April 2023.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2021
CulturalDC is partnering with the co-creators of Theater in Quarantine to present a limited-run screening as part of the ongoing window projection series at CulturalDC's Source Theatre. Four works have been selected, edited, and combined into a single installation by creators Joshua William Gelb and Katie Rose McLaughin.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 9, 2020
Theater in Quarantine, a new performance laboratory from writer/director/performer Joshua William Gelb, has announced a new series of live-streamed performances dedicated to the exploration of the theatrical experience inside the digital space.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2020
Theater in Quarantine debuts its most technically ambitious production to date on July 30 with The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy, a slapstick science-fiction adventure adapted from Stanisław Lem's Star Diaries created with director Jon Levin and writer Josh Luxenberg (Sinking Ship's Drama Desk Nominated A Hunger Artist).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2021
Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason (they/them) is currently premiering their play The Duat with the renowned Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, presented in association with the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 16, 2020
Theater in Quarantine, a new performance laboratory from writer/director/performer Joshua William Gelb, has announced a new series of live streamed performances dedicated to the exploration of the theatrical experience inside the digital space.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2022
This August, Philadelphia's newest women-run theatre company is bringing The Choice, their award winning show, to New York. inFLUX Theatre Collective, founded by Jacqueline Libby, Christine Octavia Shaw, and Jacinta Yelland will present this interactive new work of theatre as part of Sublet Series: Co-op at HERE in New York City, August 5th-7th.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2021
Having raised almost $180,000 to date in support of arts organizations and other charities across the country impacted by the COVID-19 virus in its first season of thirty-seven major live-streamed events, Play-PerView is launching its 2021 season and announces programming and casting for upcoming events through February 13th.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2023
Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will come to Playhouse Square from January 31 - February 19, 2023 as part of the 2022-23 KeyBank Broadway Series.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2021
Page 73 today announced its 2021-2022 group of Interstate 73 residents. The 2021-2022 Interstate 73 residents are Heidi Armbruster, Jahna Ferron-Smith, Dylan Guerra, Roger Q. Mason, April Ranger, Scott R. Sheppard, juliany taveras, and Max Yu.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2021
Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, will present the world premiere of Blood Meal, a new play written by Obie Award-winner Scott R. Sheppard (Underground Railroad Game, The Appointment). I
by Bruce Glikas - Jan 20, 2023
Lightning Rod Special presents a return engagement of their critically acclaimed musical The Appointment. The production had its opening night recently, and stars attended include Celia Keenan Bolger, Sara Bareilles, and more. Check out photos here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 12, 2023
Ars Nova has announce details for performances taking place in February 2023. Singer/songwriter, producer, and playwright Rachel Lark takes center stage in Rachel Lark: Anthems & Confessions For A Complicated World on February 3.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2023
Hadestown, winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is headed to Hartford. As part of the 2022-23 Broadway Season, the show will play The Bushnell from March 7-12, 2023. Tickets are on sale now.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 8, 2021
The intimate participatory performance, which explores separation, connection, and the power of listening, will play The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin from February 11-24, 2021, followed by an engagement at the Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine from February 25-March 14, 2021.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2023
Ars Nova has announced details for performances taking place in March 2023. See performers and how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2023
Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the upcoming 23/24 Season: Greater Wonders. The 23/24 Season opens with the long-awaited production of EVITA. 
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 14, 2023
PlayCo has announced the cast and creative team of Sarah Einspanier’s Lunch Bunch, a playful comedy surrounding a group of public defenders’ occasionally outsized emotional investment in the meals they share, directed by Tara Ahmadinejad and presented with Clubbed Thumb.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 1, 2021
Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, is proud to present the world premiere of Blood Meal, a new play written by Obie Award-winner Scott R. Sheppard (Underground Railroad Game, The Appointment). In this satirical thriller, remote performers Gelb and Lee Minora come together from separate closets across the East Village to build a portrait of intimacy and infestation. Set to premiere on February 1 on YouTube, this 35-minute work features direction by Gelb along with movement direction and costumes by McLaughlin.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2022
Ars Nova has announced 13 new artists and groups selected for 2023 residencies. Ars Nova’s dynamic slate of artist residencies and commissions supports outside-the-box thinking and encourages innovative, genre-bending work.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2021
Producer Christopher Maring will present a return engagement of The Lucille Lortel Award-winning and critically-acclaimed Ars Nova production of Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future, at the Space at Irondale (85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY) on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2022
Lightning Rod Special will present a return engagement of their critically acclaimed musical The Appointment, lead written by Alice Yorke (SPEECH), Eva Steinmetz (SIGN FELT!), Scott R. Sheppard (Underground Railroad Game), and Alex Bechtel (The Light Princess).
by Stephi Wild - Dec 3, 2020
Theater in Quarantine, a pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, will present the world premiere of I Am Sending You the Sacred Face by Obie Award-winner Heather Christian.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 21, 2022
Theatre for a New Audience has announced the extension of the Off-Broadway premiere of Denis Johnson’s Des Moines. The final play from the late author now runs through January 8, 2023 (extended from an original closing date of January 1).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2020
Three finalists have been selected for Center Theatre Group’s 2021 Dorothy and Richard E. Sherwood Award: D’Lo, Lena Sands and Mikaal Sulaiman. Center Theatre Group recognizes and celebrates this year’s finalists for their exceptional contributions to the Los Angeles theatre landscape and their work as innovative and adventurous artists.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 14, 2022
Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will come to Playhouse Square from January 31 – February 19, 2023 as part of the 2022-23 KeyBank Broadway Series.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2022
Ars Nova has announced complete details for performances taking place in January along with highlights and updates for its Spring 2023 season.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2020
his evocative one-act musical charts the spiritual journey of nun and missionary Mother Teresa
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2022
Theatre for a New Audience has announced new preview, press, and opening dates for Denis Johnson’s Des Moines. Due to the detection of Covid within the Des Moines company, performances November 29 – December 3 have been canceled, with the production now beginning December 4.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2021
This September, Philadelphia's newest women-run theatre company will present The Choice. inFLUX Theatre Collective, founded by Jacqueline Libby, Christine Octavia Shaw, and Jacinta Yelland will premiere an interactive new work of theatre under the direction of Sarah Sanford.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 31, 2022
Ars Nova has announced details for its 20th Anniversary Season, which introduces the What’s Ars Is Yours: Name Your Price ticket initiative.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 17, 2022
Philadelphia Theatre Company has announced a new duo on their artistic leadership team. Taibi Mager and Tyler Dobrowsky are a married couple who will assume the role of artistic director together.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 1, 2022
FringeArts has announced the full roster of programming for the 26th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, a city-wide celebration of progressive, world-class art that expands the imagination and boldly defies expectations. The Festival will take place on September 8 through October 2.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 5, 2022
Ars Nova has announced additional programming running between April 27 – June 24, 2022. All events will take place in-person at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, Manhattan) for $15 and online via Ars Nova Supra for $10.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 27, 2022
Ars Nova has announced the lineup for its 14th Annual ANT Fest featuring 15 shows, 13 of which will premiere in-person and online at Ars Nova Supra with the first two shows premiering exclusively online.

Underground Railroad Game Frequently Asked Questions

What awards has Underground Railroad Game been nominated for?
Best New American Theatre Work (Obie Awards) for Jennifer KidwellOutstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Tilly Grimes and Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for Scott R. Sheppard.

What awards has Underground Railroad Game won?
Best New American Theatre Work (Obie Awards) for Jennifer Kidwell Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Tilly Grimes Outstanding Play (The Lortels) for Scott R. Sheppard.

What productions of Underground Railroad Game have there been?
Underground Railroad Game has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2016.