Festival Guide

Welcome to another hot summer at the Summer Play Festival! This year we are putting eight new playwrights and their works in the spotlight again at New York’s legendary Public Theater.

We will be opening up the Living Room once again so if you need a break between plays, at intermission, or need to rendezvous with friends before, during, or after shows, you can relax and quench your thirst at the Living Room.

All performances for the 2009 Summer Play Festival will take place at the Anspacher and Martinson Theaters at the Public Theater.

$10 Tickets for All Shows

Tickets on sale June 1st.

To beat the crowds, get your tickets early. By supporting SPF as a member (for as little as $25), you will have an opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Sign up today!

Show Lineup

The Chimes

July 7 - July 12

Kevin Christopher Snipes
Playwright

Adam Immerwahr
Director

Nick returns to his New England boarding school still haunted by choices he made 40 years ago. The past overwhelms the present as this thrilling drama flashes back to four young pranksters drawn together by their knack for Shakespeare and ripped apart by the onset of World War II.

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Departure Lounge

July 28 - August 2

Dougal Irvine
Playwright

Christopher Gattelli
Director

It’s the end of vacation as four guys wait for their flight home in this testosterone-driven new musical. With time to kill they recount the hilarious antics of the week, and as secrets tumble out we learn more about the lads than they know about themselves.

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The Happy Sad

July 21 - July 26

Ken Urban
Playwright

Trip Cullman
Director

Finding love is easy. Defining love is not. New York City provides the backdrop to a contemporary comedy of sex, love, and dating in a city where there are too many options and not enough time.

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Reborning

July 7 - July 12

Zayd Dohrn
Playwright

Kip Fagan
Director

Art and life become disturbingly interchangeable when a sculptor of baby dolls meets a woman desperate to recreate the past. This dark comedy takes an unsettling look at work, latex, and the power of creation.

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