{"id":314548,"date":"2026-08-05T19:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314548\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:26:17","slug":"lineup-revealed-for-primary-stages-2026-2027-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314548\/","title":{"rendered":"Lineup Revealed For Primary Stages 2026-2027 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lineup has been revealed for\u00a0the\u00a0Primary Stages 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n

The season will begin with the world premiere of Benjamine Benne’s\u00a0Fantasma,\u00a0presented by Primary Stages and the Lucille Lortel\u00a0Theatre. It will run at\u00a059E59 Theaters\u2019 Theater A from November 7-December 20. The play\u2014developed at the Primary Stages Liff Lab\u2014will be directed by Laurie Woolery.\u00a0It follows three generations of women gathering on Christmas Eve in a newly renovated kitchen\u00a0to\u00a0make chuchitos, a\u00a0traditional Guatemalan recipe. As they attempt to document the dish step-by-step in a recipe, they discover that what’s being preserved isn’t just food.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aasif Mandvi<\/a>: A Work in Progress will kick off the new year, running\u00a0January 9-February 6, 2027 at 59E59\u2019s Theater B. Part of the Primary Stages Studio Series,\u00a0Mandvi’s solo play\u00a0traces the journey of the immigrant boy who crossed an ocean to chase the American dream, mastered every room he was never supposed to be in, and perfected the art of making the right people comfortable, only to realize that all along, the joke was on him.<\/p>\n

Beth Hyland’s\u00a0Baby Shower Katie\u00a0will make its world premiere in a co-production with Maryland’s Round\u00a0House Theatre,\u00a0running\u00a0February 27-April 11, 2027 at\u00a059E59\u2019 Theater A. The\u00a0play, also\u00a0developed at the Primary Stages Liff Lab, follows best friends Rebecca and Hannah, who are at a crossroads. Rebecca desperately wants a child, while Hannah can\u2019t imagine anything worse. Across four baby showers, they’re forced to confront their divergent dreams, the absurd expectations placed on mothers, and the terror and uncertainty that can surround pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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