Get a 1st Look at the London Premiere of I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, Opening July 3 | Playbill

Production Photos Get a 1st Look at the London Premiere of I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, Opening July 3

Samantha Hurley's play about a middle schooler who plans to kidnap and marry the Spider-Man actor played an Off-Broadway run in 2023.

Tessa Albertson and Anders Hayward in I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire Manuel Harlan

Samantha Hurley's I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire officially opens its U.K. premiere July 3 at London's Southwark Playhouse, where previews began June 28. Get a first look at the Off-Broadway transfer with newly released production shots below. Performances are set to continue through August 10.

Tessa Albertson is reprising her Off-Broadway performance as Shelby, alongside Kyle Birch as Brenda Dee Cankles and Anders Hayward as Tobey Maguire. Casting is by Harry Blumenau Casting.

The Y2K comedy for fan fiction lovers, which played an Off-Broadway world premiere at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre in 2023, follows eighth grader Shelby Hinkley as she deals with an absent father, a neglectful mother, and mean-spirited classmates. To cope with it all, Shelby focuses on the best thing about 2004: Spider-Man. When leading an online fan club is no longer enough, she decides to kidnap and marry Tobey Maguire.

Also back from the premiere run is director Tyler Struble. Jacob Stuckelman is producing with Matt Krauss serving as associate producer and Zachary Hausman, Robin Aren, and Andrew Patino as co-producers.

The production features scenic design by Rodrigo Hernandez Martinez, lighting design by Holly Ellis, sound design by Jamie Lu, and costume design by Reuben Speed.

Visit SouthwarkPlayhouse.co.uk for more.

Photos: I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire UK Premiere

 
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