Critics' reviews are rolling out for the world premiere of Agnes Borinsky's The Trees, co-produced by Playwrights Horizons and Page 73. The Off-Broadway production opened March 5 at Playwrights Horizons after beginning previews February 12. Performances are slated through March 19.
Broadway alums Jess Barbagallo (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and Crystal Dickinson (Clybourne Park) star as siblings David and Sheila. After, they fall asleep in a public park, they become a literal part of the landscape and accidentally establishing a queer kind of utopian community. Tina Satter (Is This a Room) directs Borinsky's contemporary parable about structure, community, and the risks of staying put.
Read the reviews here.
New York Stage Review (David Finkle)
New York Theatre Guide (Joe Dziemianowicz)
The New York Times (Elisabeth Vincentelli)*
Talkin' Broadway (Marc Miller)
Theater Pizzazz (Stuart Miller)
TheaterMania (Christian Lewis)
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Barbagallo and Dickinson are joined in the cast by Max Gordon Moore (Indecent), Ray Anthony Thomas (American Buffalo), Sam Breslin Wright (Macbeth), Marcia DeBonis (Fran’s Bed), Sean Donovan (Oratorio for Living Things), Xander Fenyes (GirlsFiveEva), Pauli Pontrelli (The Visitor), Danusia Trevino (Exegesis), Becky Yamamoto (Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven), and Nile Harris.
The creative team also includes scenic designer Parker Lutz (Is This a Room), costume designer Enver Chakartash (Is This a Room), lighting designer Thomas Dunn (Is This a Room), sound designer Tei Blow (I Understand Everything Better), puppet designer Amanda Villalobos (Is This a Room), production stage manager Randi Rivera (Is This a Room), and assistant stage manager Kayla Owen (Wish You Were Here).
Borinsky (A Song of Songs) makes her Playwrights Horizons debut with The Trees, but has previously written The Marriage of Earth and Sky for Playwrights Horizons' anthological fiction podcast, Soundstage. Playwrights Horizons and Page 73 last collaborated on A Strange Loop.
For tickets and more information, visit PlaywrightsHorizons.org.
Sam Breslin Wright at first rehearsal of The Trees
Pauli Pontrelli and Nile Harris at first rehearsal of The Trees
Sean Donovan, Ray Anthony Thomas, Max Gordon Moore, and Becky Yamamoto at first rehearsal of The Trees
Crystal Dickinson, Danusia Trevino, Jess Barbagallo, and Xander Fenyes at first rehearsal of The Trees
Agnes Borinsky, Michael Walkup, Adam Greenfield, and Tina Satter at first rehearsal of The Trees
Agnes Borinsky and Tina Satter at first rehearsal of The Trees
