ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY ANNOUNCES
2021-2022 SEASON PRODUCTIONS
Atlantic Theater Company has announced its productions for the 2021-2022 season. This diverse season is a theater lover’s dream — world premieres galore along with new musicals by the brightest in the biz.
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ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY 2021-2022 SEASON
World Premiere Play
THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS
Written by & Featuring Ngozi Anyanwu
Directed by Patricia McGregor
August 26 – September 26, 2021
Opening: Monday, September 13, 2021
Linda Gross Theater
Two people contemplate the thing they love most and whether to stick it out or to leave it behind. To stay. Or to go. That is the question. The Last of the Love Letters, a haunting world premiere play, is just that: a plea and a painful goodbye wrapped into one.
World Premiere Musical
KIMBERLY AKIMBO
Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Choreographed by Danny Mefford
Directed by Jessica Stone
November 5 – December 26, 2021
Opening: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Linda Gross Theater
Kim is a bright and funny Jersey teen, who happens to look like a 72-year-old lady. And yet her aging disease may be the least of her problems. Forced to maneuver family secrets, borderline personalities, and possible felony charges, Kim is determined to find happiness in a world where not even time is on her side. This new musical is based on the play of the same name by Lindsay-Abaire.
World Premiere Commissioned Play
SHHHHH
Written, Featuring, & Directed by Clare Barron
January 12 – February 13, 2022
Opening: Monday, January 24, 2022
Atlantic Stage 2
Penny flirts at a morbid anatomy museum. Kyle tells stories of dismemberment. Sally turns you on with tea and biscuits, and Shareen prepares a mysterious potion. A study in kink, trauma, pleasure, and revenge…
World Premiere Co-Production
with Roundabout Theatre Company (Roundabout Underground)
ENGLISH
By Sanaz Toossi
Directed by Knud Adams
February 3 – March 13, 2022
Opening: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Linda Gross Theater
Two words set in motion award-winning playwright Sanaz Toossi’s intricate and profound New York debut: “English Only.” This is the mantra that rules one classroom in Iran, where four adult students are preparing for the TOEFL — the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Chasing fluency through a maze of word games, listening exercises, and show-and-tell sessions, they hope that one day, English will make them whole. But it might be splitting them each in half. This world premiere co-production will replace the previously announced Fall 2020 Roundabout Theatre Company production of English.
World Premiere Musical
THE BEDWETTER
Book by Joshua Harmon & Sarah Silverman
Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger & Sarah Silverman
Music by Adam Schlesinger
Choreographed by Byron Easley
Directed by Anne Kauffman
April 30 – June 19, 2022
Opening: Monday, May 23, 2022
Linda Gross Theater
Meet Sarah. She’s funny. She’s dirty. She’s 10. And she’s got a secret that you’ll never guess (unless you read the title). Originally set to premiere in the spring of 2020, Atlantic is pleased to announce new dates for The Bedwetter, a highly-anticipated new musical based on the bestselling memoir by Silverman, written with Mr. Harmon (Bad Jews), and featuring a sensational final score by the late Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), who died at the age of 52 from Covid-19.
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY’S LINDA GROSS THEATER is located at 336 West 20th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). ATLANTIC STAGE 2 is located at 330 West 16th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY has produced more than 200 plays and musicals including Tony Award-winning productions of The Band’s Visit (David Yazbek, Itamar Moses); Spring Awakening (Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik); and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Martin McDonagh); Pulitzer Prize recipient Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen Adly Guirgis); New York Drama Critics’ Circle winners for Best New Play The Night Alive (Conor McPherson) and Best Foreign Play Hangmen (Martin McDonagh); Obie Award winners for Best New American Play Guards at the Taj and Describe the Night (Rajiv Joseph); and Obie Award Special Citation recipient Skeleton Crew (Dominique Morisseau).