BECKY SHAW

Alden Ehrenreich (Max) has worked with some of the foremost directors in Hollywood including Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, the Coen Brothers, Sofia Coppola, Zach Cregger and Christopher Nolan. Ehrenreich recently wrapped on the feature, The Last Resort, a two-hander opposite Daisy Ridley. He also recently wrapped on the feature film, Switzerland opposite Helen Mirren. He most recently appeared in a starring role in Zach Cregger’s feature Weapons opposite Josh Brolin. On TV, Ehrenreich starred in the Marvel series Ironheart, a spinoff of the critically acclaimed Black Panther films. Last year, Ehrenreich starred in Cocaine Bear, opposite Keri Russell and Ray Liotta, as well as Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. He also starred alongside Phoebe Dynevor in the highly praised Fair Play, which debuted at #1 on Netflix worldwide, amassing 12.6M views in the first 3 days on the streamer. The film premiered at Sundance with rave reviews and sparked a multimillion-dollar bidding war before landing at Netflix. Ehrenreich is best known for portraying the iconic Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story, directed by Ron Howard. He also starred in the film The Yellow Birds directed by Alex Moor. In 2016 Ehrenreich garnered critical acclaim for his role as “Hobie Doyle” in the Coen Brothers film, Hail, Caesar!, alongside Josh Brolin and Ralph Fiennes. He was recently seen in Peacock’s limited series Brave New World. Ehrenreich landed his first major role in 2009, playing the lead in Francis Ford Coppola's semiautobiographical film Tetro. Additional film credits include Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply; Blue Jasmine; Beautiful Creatures; Focus Feature’s Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola; Twixt, directed by Francis Ford Coppola; and Fox Searchlight’s Stoker. Ehrenreich attended the Gallatin School at New York University. While there, he created The Collection, a group which focuses on the creative process in which films and performances might be built around the specific qualities of an actor. They created six original plays and five short films during their time in New York. Alden is repped by CAA and Linden Entertainment. Becky Shaw will mark Alden’s Broadway debut.

LINDA EMOND

Linda Emond (Susan). On Broadway, Linda has starred in Death of a Salesman opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by Mike Nichols; Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes; Life x 3 with John Turturro, Helen Hunt, and Brent Spiner; and 1776, again opposite Mr. Spiner. She has long collaborated with Tony Kushner, beginning with his play Homebody/Kabul. Her off- Broadway work also includes The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui opposite Al Pacino, and in premieres by Craig Lucas, Yasmina Reza, Kander and Ebb, A.R. Gurney, Peter Hedges, and Kushner. In London, she starred in The Master Builder at The Old Vic, opposite Ralph Fiennes. Linda has been nominated for three Tony Awards and has received an Obie Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Backstage West Garland Award, two Chicago Jeff Awards, along with nominations for the Drama Desk, Drama League, LA Drama Critics and LA Ovation Awards, as well as a SAG Award nomination. Feature film work includes Causeway, The Unforgivable, Gemini Man, The Big Sick, Song to Song, Indignation, Three Generations, The Family Fang, Jenny’s Wedding, Oldboy, Stop-Loss, Across the Universe, North Country, City by the Sea, and Julie & Julia. Television: The Miniature Wife (upcoming, recurring), Only Murders in the Building (recurring; SAG Award Ensemble nominee), Death and Other Details (series regular), The Patient (series regular), Lodge 49 (series regular), and The Sopranos. Also recurring roles on multiple Law & Order series, as well as The Gilded Age, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife/The Good Fight, and Succession.

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.


Scenic Design by David Zinn
Costume Design by Kaye Voyce
Lighting Design by Stacey Derosier
Casting by Daniel Swee, CSA