The Thin Place
- Written by Lucas Hnath
- Directed by Les Waters
Playwrights: The Christians (Obie Award for Playwriting). Lucas received a 2017 Tony Award nomination for Best Play for A Doll’s House, Part 2. Lucas’s other plays include Dana H., Hillary and Clinton, Red Speedo, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, Isaac’s Eye, and Death Tax. He has been produced on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre, Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop, Soho Rep., and Ensemble Studio Theatre. His plays have also been premiered at Center Theatre Group, the Goodman, Humana Festival of New Plays, South Coast Repertory, and Victory Gardens. He is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, and an alumnus of New Dramatists. Awards: Whiting Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Kesselring Prize, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, Steinberg Playwright Award, and the Windham-Campbell Literary Prize.
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Les Waters is a Tony nominated and multi Obie Award winning director. Previous PH shows include The Christians and The Thin Place. Most recent NY credits are Dana H (Broadway), Grief Camp (Atlantic Theatre), and the revival of Eurydice (Signature). His work has been seen on Broadway, Off Broadway and many regional theaters.
Photo by Sarah Ruhl.
Everyone who ever died is still here, just in a different part of here. Linda can communicate with them. And if you believe, she can make you hear them, too — in the thin place, the fragile boundary between our world and the other one. With acuity and relentless curiosity, Lucas Hnath’s play transforms the theater into an intimate séance, crafting an unnerving testament to the power of the mind, which has a mind of its own.
Randy Danson
LindaKelly McAndrew
SylviaEmily Cass McDonnell
HildaTriney Sandoval
Jerry
Playwrights: Arts and Leisure. Most recently, Danson played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (Two River Theatre) and was one of the actors to portray the Angel in Angels in America (Berkeley Rep). Awards: Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Shen Teh/ Shui Tah in Good Person of Szechuan (Arena Stage); The Barrymore Award for the role of Vivian in Wit at The Philadelphia Theatre Company; and an Obie for Sustained Excellence.
Playwrights: Men On Boats. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2004). Other Off-Broadway: Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick), Perfect Arrangement (Primary Stages), Good Television (Atlantic), Still Life (MCC), The Cataract (WP), and Almost, Maine (Transport Group). Regional: Humana Festival, Yale Rep, ART, Guthrie, Old Globe. TV: “Daredevil,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “The Good Fight.” Film: When the Moon Was Twice as Big (upcoming), A Kid Like Jake, Appropriate Behavior, Everybody’s Fine. kellymcandrew.com
Playwrights debut. Emily originated the role of Hilda in The Thin Place (Actors Theatre of Louisville) and has also originated roles in the works of Annie Baker, Wallace Shawn, Adam Rapp, Richard Maxwell, and Denis Johnson. Recent plays: The Antipodes (Signature), Tin Cat Shoes (Clubbed Thumb), Mercury Fur (New Group), Grasses of a Thousand Colors (The Public, Royal Court in London). Films: Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and The Man in the Woods (upcoming). emilycassmcdonnellcoaching.com
Playwrights debut. Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet, Marvin’s Room, Macbeth, A Free Man of Color, A Man for All Seasons, and Frost/Nixon. Off-Broadway: Important Hats of the 20th Century, Timon of Athens, The Idiot, As You Like it, plus more than 80 productions at over 30 regional theaters throughout the country. TV: “The Black List,” “Elementary,” “The Sopranos,” recurring roles on both “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU.”
Mimi Lien
Scenic DesignOana Botez
Costume DesignMark Barton
Lighting DesignChristian Frederickson
Sound DesignPaul Mills Holmes
Production Stage ManagerKasson Marroquin
Assistant Stage ManagerBroadway: The Real Thing, Violet, The Realistic Joneses. Off-Broadway: Signature, Playwrights Horizons, Public, Roundabout, Elevator Repair Service, NYTW, TFANA, many others. Other NYC: Encores! Off-Center (NYCC), BAM, Juilliard Opera. Regional: A.R.T., Guthrie, Center Theater Group, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf, Huntington, Berkeley Rep, many others. Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
Playwrights debut. Off-Broadway: Glory of the World, Steel Hammer, The Master Builder, Trojan Women (After Euripides) (BAM); Nibbler, Through the Yellow Hour (Rattlestick, Drama Desk nomination); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Unnatural Acts, Orlando, Three Sisters, The Tempest (CSC); The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois (Atlantic); The Emperor Jones (Irish Repertory Theatre, Lortel nomination); The Awake (59E59, NYIT Award). Regional: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Old Globe); Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Edge of Our Bodies, Seven Guitars, The Tempest (Actors Theatre of Louisville); The Painted Bird Trilogy (Wexner Center); Custodians of Beauty (Walker Art Center). christianfrederickson.com
Critic’s Pick! Lucas Hnath is haunting Playwrights Horizons. A cunning new play, compelling and delicious.
Critic’s Pick! ★★★★ We see what we want to see, and you’ll want to see this.