2024|2025 at Atlantic
Essential human stories.
Featuring five world premiere plays by NSangou Njikam, Drama Desk Award nominee Mona Pirnot, a commissioned play by Abby Rosebrock, Academy Award winner Ethan Coen, and Eliya Smith’s Off-Broadway debut! Support these incredible artists and their stories and become an Atlantic Member. Select the membership of your choice and join our community for maximum flexibility, priority access, and the best price on tickets! Click here to get started.
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World Premiere Play
GRIEF CAMP
by Eliya Smith
directed by Les Waters
January – February 2025
Linda Gross Theater | 336 West 20th St.
It’s summer in Hurt, Virginia, where a lone cabin fills each year with campers. There’s homecooked breakfast and an army of box fans and lots of shifting in the dark. Welcome to Grief Camp: a study of loss and adolescence.
We are thrilled to welcome Eliya Smith for her Off-Broadway debut directed by Tony Award nominee Les Waters (Dana H.).
World Premiere Play
I’M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN
by Mona Pirnot
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
starring David Greenspan
January – February 2025
Atlantic Stage 2 | 330 West 16th St.
One 68-year-old man plays four millennial women in a comedy (full of drama) about how to make a living as a playwright (or to try.)
We are happy to welcome three dynamic downtown legends, Drama Desk Award nominee Mona Pirnot (I Love You So Much I Could Die), Obie Award winner Ken Rus Schmoll (A Map of Virtue), and six-time Obie Award winner David Greenspan (On Set with Theda Bara).
World Premiere Play
LET’S LOVE!
by Ethan Coen
directed by Neil Pepe
March – April 2025
Linda Gross Theater | 336 West 20th St.
Let’s Love! is a comedy, a trio of one acts, that explores love in all its miserable glory. The world is a confusing place and we are a confused people. But it’s easier to be confused together, so—let’s love!
We can’t wait to welcome back four-time Atlantic playwright and Academy Award winner Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) and Atlantic Artistic Director, Tony Award nominee Neil Pepe (American Buffalo).
World Premiere Play
LOWCOUNTRY
by Abby Rosebrock
directed by Jo Bonney
May – June 2025
Linda Gross Theater | 336 West 20th St.
When Tally, a down-and-out actress and gig worker, returns to her rural hometown, she swipes right on a disgraced high-school teacher fresh out of an ankle bracelet. Lowcountry is a dark, twisted romcom about the psychic distress of looking for love in the digital age and the carceral state.
Lowcountry is a brand-new commissioned play by Abby Rosebrock (Blue Ridge) directed by Tony Award nominee Jo Bonney (Cost of Living).
World Premiere Play
A FREEKY INTRODUCTION
written by & starring NSangou Njikam
directed by Dennis A. Allen II
featuring DJ Monday Blue
Spring 2025
Linda Gross Theater | 336 West 20th St.
EVERYBODY SAY YEAH! Everybody talks about freedom, but few know how to get there. That’s because they don’t know their Freek. Fear not, Freeky Dee is here with a mix of poetry, ministry, and magic…plus I got a DJ with me. Together, we’ll move you past your fears and doubts to bring your inner Freek all the way out! You wanna get free? Then come get your Freek on!
A Freeky Introduction debuted at Atlantic’s (Writ)ual MixFest 2023; we are excited to welcome back the Freeky team, NSangou Njikam (Syncing Ink) and Dennis A. Allen II (Launch Commission writer).