Dates have been announced for Signature Theatre's previously announced 2022-2023 season, featuring works from resident playwrights Quiara Alegr铆a Hudes, Samuel D. Hunter, Sarah Ruhl, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The New York theatre company will also inaugurate Launchpad, a residency supporting early-career playwrights that expands the organization鈥檚 mission of producing a body of work by each resident writer.
While Signature鈥檚 seasons鈥攑roducing several plays by each resident writer鈥攂ring audiences closer to playwrights, the upcoming season will offer a particularly personal view into each resident writer鈥檚 voice and vision.
Artistic Director Paige Evans said in an earlier statement, 鈥淔rom season to season, our audiences can see a play in the context of the playwright鈥檚 body of work鈥攁longside other resident playwrights鈥� work. This ongoing engagement with writers is specific to Signature and finds a new resonance in a season where so many of our playwrights are telling personal stories.鈥�
The season will launch October 18鈥揘ovember 27 with the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegr铆a Hudes鈥� My Broken Language, the second play in her Premiere Residency, following the 2016 world premiere of Daphne鈥檚 Dive. The stage adaptation of her memoir will also be directed by the playwright and blends monologue, literary reading, music, and movement in its depiction of an author growing up in a Puerto Rican family in Philadelphia.
MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunter鈥攚hose first work in his Premiere Residency was the recently acclaimed and much-extended A Case for the Existence of God鈥攚ill return in winter 2023 with the Off-Broadway premiere of A Bright New Boise, running January 31鈥揗arch 12, 2023. Directed by Oliver Butler, the 2011 Obie-winning dark comedy centers on Will, a lapsed Evangelical who flees his Idaho hometown after a tragedy and forges connections with his Boise coworkers as he struggles to reconcile his life with his faith.
From February 7鈥揗arch 19, MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl will begin her Spotlight Residency with the world-premiere adaptation of her book, Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, and a Friendship. The playwright shares letters and poems passed between herself and former student Max Ritvo as the latter discusses terminal illness. Kate Whoriskey directs.
MacArthur Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins鈥� Premiere Residency will culminate in 2023 with his self-directed world premiere of Grass, scheduled for May 16鈥揓une 25. Jacobs-Jenkins's previous Signature productions include Appropriate and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Everybody.
All productions will take place at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Casting and additional creative team members will be announced at a later time.
Signature has also announced a new Student Membership Program, a free program for current students from grade school through graduate school and beyond. Student members have access to discounted tickets ($20 for students, $30 for guests), student-centered community events, and behind-the-scenes looks at Signature programming. For more information,
