Overview
- The Off-Broadway North American premiere at The Shed’s Griffin Theater runs through March 1, with an 80-minute, no-intermission staging.
- Written and directed by Alexander Zeldin after a 2024 National Theatre premiere, the play centers on a family dispute over a father’s ashes.
- Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies star alongside Lorna Brown, Ruby Stokes, Lee Braithwaite and Jerry Killick.
- Reviews from outlets including New York Theater, TheWrap, New York Stage Review and TheaterMania applaud the leads and production craft but question the Sophoclean references and some dramaturgical choices.
- The production features original music by Yannis Philippakis, a set and costumes by Rosanna Vize, lighting by James Farncombe and sound by Josh Anio Grigg.