The upcoming Broadway bow of Lindsey Ferrentino's The Fear of 13 has found its full cast, with performances set to begin March 19 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, ahead of an April 15 opening night. As previously announced, two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and recent Golden Globe nominee Tessa Thompson (Hedda) will both make their Broadway debuts leading the cast.
Newly revealed to be joining them are Ephraim Sykes (Ain't Too Proud), Michael Cavinder (Annie), Eddie Cooper (Dead Outlaw), Victor Cruz (Blue Bloods), Eboni Flowers (Eureka Day), Joel Marsh Garland (Orange is the New Black), Jared Wayne Gladly (Aladdin), Joe Joseph (English), Jeb Kreager (Mare of Easttown), and Ben Thompson (Waitress).
The Fear of 13 comes to Broadway after premiering at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2024. Performances will begin March 19 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, officially opening April 15.
Based on a documentary film by David Sington, the work tracks real-world figure Nick Yarris, a man convicted of murder who then petitions the court not for an appeal, but for an execution date. The Broadway bow will partner with the Innocence Project, supporting its work to free the innocent and prevent wrongful convictions. One of Yarris' real attorneys, Christina Swarns, is currently the group's executive director.
Ferrentino's past work includes Ugly Lies the Bone, Amy and the Orphans, This Flat Earth, and The Year to Come. On screen, she wrote 2019's Not Fade Away. Ferrentino has also served as the book writer to the musicals The Artist and The Queen of Versailles, the latter of which made a short-lived Broadway bow earlier this season.
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The upcoming Broadway bow of Lindsey Ferrentino's The Fear of 13 has found its full cast, with performances set to begin March 19 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, ahead of an April 15 opening night. As previously announced, two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and recent Golden Globe nominee Tessa Thompson (Hedda) will both make their Broadway debuts leading the cast.
Newly revealed to be joining them are Ephraim Sykes (Ain't Too Proud), Michael Cavinder (Annie), Eddie Cooper (Dead Outlaw), Victor Cruz (Blue Bloods), Eboni Flowers (Eureka Day), Joel Marsh Garland (Orange is the New Black), Jared Wayne Gladly (Aladdin), Joe Joseph (English), Jeb Kreager (Mare of Easttown), and Ben Thompson (Waitress).
See photos from first rehearsal below.
Inside the first rehearsal for The Fear of 13
Ephraim Sykes
Inside the first rehearsal for The Fear of 13
Bryan Carter and Ephraim Sykes
Lindsey Ferrentino, Adrien Brody, and Tessa Thompson
Inside the first rehearsal for The Fear of 13
Inside the first rehearsal for The Fear of 13
Inside the first rehearsal for The Fear of 13
Inside the first rehearsal for The Fear of 13
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