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Shifters

July—September, 2026
Shifters

Written by Benedict Lombe. Directed by Lynette Linton. Starring Charity Bedu-Addo and Daniel Ezra. For full credits, please click here.

This epic and universal love story is about the enduring power of memory and young love. Meet Dre and Des, they are young, gifted, Black. He stayed. She left. Years later they come crashing back into each other’s lives, carrying new secrets and old scars. Caught in the space between memory and reality, they struggle to navigate the shifting borders that threaten to rewrite their past and reshape their future.

Runtime: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes

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School Pictures

October—November, 2026
School Pictures

Faith hates reading, Jane has lost her flashcards and Javier sees no point in studying because of climate change. Returning to New York after an acclaimed, sold-out run at Playwrights Horizons, this musical journal documents parenting, inequality, and the cruelty of puberty in the New York City school system with humor and wit.

Written and performed by Milo Cramer (Cute Activist, Minor Character) and directed by longtime collaborator Morgan Green.

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Two Girls

October—November, 2026
Two Girls

Two Girls revisits one of the 2000s’ most viral shock-porn videos, using verbatim dialogue to construct a strange, irreverent examination of sex, disgust, and the body.

By Eliya Smith

Developed with The Goat Exchange

and Cherry Lane Theatre

Directed by Chloe Claudel and Mitchell Polonsky

Starring Chloe Claudel and Juliana Sass

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Shifters

Aug 24 · Mon · 7:00 PM

Written by Benedict Lombe. Directed by Lynette Linton. Starring Charity Bedu-Addo and Daniel Ezra. For full credits, please click here.

This epic and universal love story is about the enduring power of memory and young love. Meet Dre and Des, they are young, gifted, Black. He stayed. She left. Years later they come crashing back into each other’s lives, carrying new secrets and old scars. Caught in the space between memory and reality, they struggle to navigate the shifting borders that threaten to rewrite their past and reshape their future.

Runtime: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes

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School Pictures

Oct 7 · Wed · 7:00 PM

Faith hates reading, Jane has lost her flashcards and Javier sees no point in studying because of climate change. Returning to New York after an acclaimed, sold-out run at Playwrights Horizons, this musical journal documents parenting, inequality, and the cruelty of puberty in the New York City school system with humor and wit.

Written and performed by Milo Cramer (Cute Activist, Minor Character) and directed by longtime collaborator Morgan Green.

School Pictures
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Two Girls

Oct 7 · Wed · 9:00 PM

Two Girls revisits one of the 2000s’ most viral shock-porn videos, using verbatim dialogue to construct a strange, irreverent examination of sex, disgust, and the body.

By Eliya Smith

Developed with The Goat Exchange

and Cherry Lane Theatre

Directed by Chloe Claudel and Mitchell Polonsky

Starring Chloe Claudel and Juliana Sass

Two Girls
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Founded in 1923, Cherry Lane Theatre is New York’s oldest Off-Broadway Theater and has come to be known as “The Birthplace of Off-Broadway.”

About the theatre
A black and white photo of the exterior of the Cherry Lane theater. The awning and banner both blow in the breeze, displaying the theater's name. A man in a suit leans against the railing.
Black and white photo from the stage of the seating at the Cherry Lane theater.
An older black-and-white photo of the square nearby. Cars in the foreground frame a giant mural with an arrow pointing to Cherry Lane.
A wide shot of the theater stage being set up. Workers move around while scaffolds are set up on either side.