SEASON 44
2022 – 2023
STORIES WORTH EVERY SECOND.
NOW PLAYING – McGINN/CAZALE
PATIENCE
BY
JOHNNY G. LLOYD
DIRECTED BY
ZHAILON LEVINGSTON
Daniel plays solitaire. Professionally. He’s very good – some would say the best. But he is ready to retire and settle into that perfect new house with his husband-to-be, Jordan. He’s just got to hold it together through one final, career-defining match. A sports-inspired fantasia, Patience is a meditation on black excellence, next chapters, and playing a very long game alone.
“PATIENCE is special to me because it's my take on the coming of age story - one where becoming is equally about questioning as it is about growing. I hope it's both the kind of quiet where you can hear yourself think and the kind of funny where you see yourself in the joke. When writing PATIENCE, I was inspired by the space between life’s chapters, by Venus Williams, by the oppression of competition – and by the magic of playing a card game against yourself.”
– Johnny G. Lloyd
Generous support for New Play Development is provided by WarnerMedia. Second Stage’s 2021-22 Season is supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
**Please note this production uses strobe lighting.**
Please note, Between The Lines is a rental at the Tony Kiser Theater. This is not a Second Stage production nor a part of Second Stage’s subscription season.
BEGINS JUNE 14, 2022 – TONY KISER THEATER
DARYL ROTH
PRESENTS
A NEW MUSICAL BASED ON THE BOOK BY
JODI PICOULT & SAMANTHA VAN LEER
BETWEEN THE LINES
BOOK BY
TIMOTHY ALLEN MCDONALD
MUSIC & LYRICS BY
ELYSSA SAMSEL & KATE ANDERSON
DIRECTED BY
JEFF CALHOUN
Based on the novel by New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer, Between the Lines is an empowering and enchanting new musical for anyone who has ever sought to find their place in the world. An outsider in a new town and a new school, Delilah seeks comfort in the pages of her favorite book, where she feels heard and understood. But as the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur in both extraordinary and astonishing ways, Delilah has to confront whether she alone has the power to rewrite her own story.