BEGINS MARCH 2026
HAYES THEATER / BROADWAY
BECKY SHAW
BY
GINA GIONFRIDDO
DIRECTEDÂ BY
TRIP CULLMAN
“Becky Shaw is a big box of fireworks fizzling and crackling from beginning to end.” — The New York Times
A blind date spirals spectacularly off the rails in Becky Shaw, the razor-sharp dark comedy from two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo. When it made its New York premiere Off-Broadway at Second Stage, Becky Shaw left critics and audiences reeling, and The New York Times called it, “ferociously funny! A tangled tale of love, sex and ethics.” Now, this hilarious hit play is back and it's making its Broadway debut!Â
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Second Stage Theater’s programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Season is supported by a grant from the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Begins March 2026. Exact dates coming soon.
BY GINA GIONFRIDDO
Gina Gionfriddo (Playwright) is a playwright and television writer. She is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her plays, Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn. Becky Shaw will open on Broadway in 2026, presented by Second Stage Theatre. Gina’s play, After Ashley, was presented Off-Broadway by the Vineyard Theatre and garnered two Obie Awards—for Gionfriddo’s writing and Kieran Culkin’s performance. Her other plays include U.S. Drag (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize) and Can You Forgive Her? which premiered in Boston at The Huntington Theatre and was presented Off Broadway by the Vineyard. Gina has written for the television dramas The Alienist, FBI: Most Wanted, Cold Case, Borgia, House of Cards, and three incarnations of Law & Order. Most recently, Gina was commissioned to adapt Thomas Harris’ novel, The Silence of The Lambs, for theatre.
DIRECTED BY TRIP CULLMAN
Trip Cullman (Director) Broadway: Cult of Love, The Rose Tattoo, Choir Boy, Lobby Hero, Six Degrees of Separation, Significant Other. Select Off Broadway: Lonely Few (MCC and The Geffen); Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow, YEN, Punk Rock (Obie Award), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Of New York City (MCC); Days Of Rage, The Layover, The Substance of Fire, Lonely I’m Not, Bachelorette, Some Men, Swimming In The Shallows (Second Stage); Unknown Soldier, The Pain Of My Belligerence, Assistance, A Small Fire (Drama Desk nomination), The Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons); Choir Boy (MTC); Murder Ballad (MTC and Union Square Theatre); The Mother, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic); Roulette (EST); The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing (Rattlestick); The Last Sunday In June (Rattlestick and Century Center); Dog Sees God (Century Center); US Drag (stageFARM); and several productions with The Play Company. London: The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA (Tricycle). Select regional: Geffen, Alliance, Old Globe, La Jolla, South Coast Rep, Bay Street, Williamstown Theater Festival.