{"id":358915,"date":"2026-09-28T16:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358915\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:20:14","slug":"max-wolf-friedlichs-the-holes-extends-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358915\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Wolf Friedlich&#8217;s The Holes Extends Off-Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just one week following\u00a0its opening night September 22,\u00a0<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/max-wolf-friedlich\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Wolf Friedlich<\/a>&#8216;s The Holes has already extended its world premiere at Off-Broadway&#8217;s The Wild Project. Originally set to close October 18, the production will now close November 15.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Pattinson (Twilight, The Odyssey) is executive producing via his production company, Icki Eneo Arlo. Friedlich&#8217;s work returns to NYC following the breakout success of his critically acclaimed play <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/job-broadway-helen-hayes-theatre-2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JOB<\/a>, which transferred to Broadway shortly after its premiere Off-Broadway at the Connelly Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/the-holes-off-broadway-the-wild-project-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Holes<\/a> stars <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/bubba-weiler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bubba Weiler<\/a> (Saviors), <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/grantham-coleman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grantham Coleman<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/the-great-societyvivian-beaumont-theater-2019-2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Society<\/a>), and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/tina-benko-vault-0000050720\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tina Benko<\/a> (Becky Nurse of Salem). Set in a decaying bar in a rapidly gentrifying city upstate, the dark comedy explores the great wars shaping our future, setting shame against desire, tradition against progress, and community against individualism.<\/p>\n<p>The Holes was developed with dramaturg-producer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/hannah-getts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Getts<\/a> and will be produced by Getts and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/adam-rodner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Rodner<\/a>. The creative team will include scenic designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/anna-grigo-designer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Grigo<\/a>, lighting designer Evan C. Anderson, sound designer Brandon Bulls, costume designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/lily-cunicelli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lily Cunicelli<\/a>, creative director Stefan Kohli, marketing strategist <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/ian-tarbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Tarbert<\/a>, publicist Ava Tunnicliffe, head of socials Vincent Perella, graphic designer Julian &#8220;the Brainwave&#8221; Alicea, general manager Mix and Match Productions, and production counsel Jenny Waxman.<\/p>\n<p>Getts, Rodner, and\u00a0Russell Kahn are producing alongside co-producers Cathy Sarkowsky, Elizabeth Salem, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/alex-levy-producer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Levy<\/a>, Jeff and Caryl Hahn, Jordan Silver\/Will Stokes, and Super Athletic Film Co. Pattinson&#8217;s Icki Eneo Arlo is executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets and more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/theholesplay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TheHolesPlay.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just one week following\u00a0its opening night September 22,\u00a0Max Wolf Friedlich&#8216;s The Holes has already extended its world premiere&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-358915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}