The Seat of Our Pants
Closing: December 07, 2025The Seat of Our Pants - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
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The Public’s Emerging Writers Group alumnus and Obie Award-winning playwright, songwriter, and singer Ethan Lipton brings his irreverently funny show THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS to The Public for its world premiere. A rollicking adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, this new musical about age-old problems tells the twisting, often absurd story of the Antrobus family who have been alive for 5,000 years but live in the same existential dread as the rest of us. Mired in the hot mess of being alive, the Antrobuses survive all manner of catastrophe in their endless quest to begin again, and again, and again. Two-time Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman directs this bracingly original spectacle—a musical reminder that surviving is what we do best.
The Seat of Our Pants - 2025 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR The Seat of Our Pants
It’s the End of the World—But at Least There’s a Fabulous Musical
10 / 10
It’s been over three years since Lincoln Center’s ambitious and winning revival of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of apocalypse-meets-absurdity The Skin of Our Teeth, which originally premiered on Broadway—mid-World War II—in 1942. Now the Public Theater is mounting Ethan Lipton’s knockout-excellent original musical adaptation, The Seat of Our Pants. The show, just shy of three hours long (booking to Dec. 7), is crisply directed (by Leigh Silverman), exquisitely performed by a starry, award-garlanded cast, and one of New York’s musical highlights of the year, on or off-Broadway.
'The Seat of Our Pants' Off-Broadway review — a wild adaptation of Wilder
8 / 10
The cast is an embarrassment of riches, with Shuler Hensley and Ruthie Ann Miles as Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, Damon Daunno and Amina Faye as their children, and Micaela Diamond as Sabina, the family maid. Not to mention a whole ensemble of incredible vocalists who also playfully portray animals; the woolly mammoth and dinosaur are especially great.
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by A.A. Cristi - November 24, 2025
A new video has been released featuring Micaela Diamond performing “Ordinary Girl” from The Seat of Our Pants, the world premiere musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth.
by A.A. Cristi - November 14, 2025
The world premiere of the new musicalTHE SEAT OF OUR PANTS opens tonight at The Public Theater, featuring a cast led by Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley, and Andy Grotelueschen. Read the reviews!
by Jennifer Broski - November 14, 2025
The Public Theater just celebrated opening night for the world premiere of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, featuring a cast led by Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley, and Andy Grotelueschen. Check out photos from the big night here.
by A.A. Cristi - November 13, 2025
The Public Theater has released first-look production photos for the world premiere of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, featuring a cast led by Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Damon Daunno, Shuler Hensley, and Andy Grotelueschen.
by Gillian Blum - November 8, 2025
Public Forum returns to The Public this season with Public Forum: Notes, where Attendees can go behind the curtain with acclaimed artist Ethan Lipton at this free event as he shares the creative journey of crafting songs for The Seat of Our Pants.
by Nicole Rosky - October 22, 2025
The world might be ending in Ethan Lipton’s The Seat of Our Pants, but in rehearsal Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, and Amina Faye are singing through it anyway. Because what else can you do? Watch the song in rehearsals in this video.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 16, 2025
The Public Theater will begin previews for the world premiere of THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, the irreverently funny musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. See rehearsal photos here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 6, 2025
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, the world premiere musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth.
The Seat of Our Pants History
Other Productions of The Seat of Our Pants
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
The Public Theater World Premiere Off-Broadway |
The Seat of Our Pants - 2025 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Ethan Lipton |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical | Kaye Voyce |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Leigh Silverman |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Ruthie Ann Miles |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Micaela Diamond |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Ethan Lipton |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Ethan Lipton |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | The Seat of Our Pants |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Daniel Kluger |
| 2026 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL | Leigh Silverman |
| 2026 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL | The Seat of Our Pants |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Micaela Diamond |
| 2026 | The Lortels | Outstanding Costume Design | Kaye Voyce |
| 2026 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical | Ruthie Ann Miles |
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