Eliya Smith’s Dad Don’t Read This officially opened its Off-Broadway encore bow June 23, and the reviews are rolling in!
The production, which has transferred to Greenwich House Theater, will continue through July 11. The play, the newest from the playwright behind Grief Camp, played a sold-out, multi-extended premiere at St. Luke’s Theatre last month.
The full cast from the earlier run has returned to reprise their performances, including Drama Desk winner Amalia Yoo (John Proctor is the Villain), Renée-Nicole Powell (Grief Camp), Sophie Rossman, and Kayta Thomas.
Set in suburban Central Ohio, the play centers on four girls who meet weekly for a sleepover. They talk and sleep and play The Sims, a computer game that simulates real life, on a laptop, gossiping, snacking, and attempting to get drunk. They strive to fulfill their needs, struggle to understand the relationship between doing and being seen, and begin to suspect they don’t have a whole lot of agency.
Read the reviews for both Off-Broadway engagements below.
New York Stage Review (Steven Suskin)
The New York Times (Helen Shaw)*
New York Theatre Guide (Kyle Turner)
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
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The play again features scenic and prop design by Forest Entsminger, costume coordination by Dante Gonzalez, costume design by Olivia Vaughn Hern, lighting design by Abigail Sage, sound design by Mitchell Polonsky, and choreography by Lena Engelstein. Mya Piccione will be production stage manager, with Madeline Riddick-Seals as assistant stage manager and Arin Edelstein as production assistant.
Kerrigan Quenemoen is producing, with general management by Immediate Medium, and production management by Mitchell Polonsky. Blaise Ylianna Hewlett is associate producer and associate production manager, and Arturo Chavez, Jennifer Friedland, and GirlPox are co-producers. Runyonland Productions will serve as executive producer.
For tickets and more information, visit DadDontReadThis.com.