Casting is complete for The New Group's upcoming production of Elmer L. Rice's The Adding Machine, with revisions by Thomas Bradshaw. 

Directed by Scott Elliott, previews will begin March 24 prior to an official opening April 14 for a limited engagement through May 10. The revival will launch The New Group’s 2026 season in the company’s new home at The Theater at St. Clement's.

Leading the production will be Sarita Choudhury (And Just Like That…, Lady in the Water, The Green Knight), Michael Cyril Creighton (Only Murders in the Building, High Maintenance, Spotlight), Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent, Anna in the Tropics), and Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly (Bullets Over Broadway, Don't Dress for Dinner, The Women). 

The Adding Machine follows Mr. Zero, who is just another cog: He can’t fulfill his own needs, much less those of his wife Mrs. Zero, or his workwife Daisy. But when his boss replaces him with a machine, Mr. Zero lashes out violently, thrusting him on a wild journey where he must engineer his own fate.

The production will also have scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, and sound design by Stan Mathabane.

The production stage manager is Valerie A. Peterson, and the production supervisor is Five OHM. 

The Adding Machine was originally produced in 1923. Rice's other notable plays include On Trial; Street Scene, which won a Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a musical with lyrics by Langston Hughes and music by Kurt Weill; Counsellor-at-Law; We, The People; and Judgment Day.

A musical version of Adding Machine, by Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith, won four Lucille Lortel Awards in 2008.

The New Group season will continue with Bocking by Preston Crowder, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb (summer/fall 2026); and Jackals by Adam Rapp, directed by Carolyn Cantor (fall/winter 2026). 

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