BEGINS NOVEMBER 2025
HAYES THEATER / BROADWAY
MARJORIE PRIME
BY
JORDAN HARRISON
DIRECTEDÂ BY
ANNE KAUFFMAN
“Brilliant, startling and profound. A play worth remembering.” — New York Magazine
What would you say to someone you lost, if you could see them again? What if they’re a better listener now than when they were alive? Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison reinvents the family drama in his richly spare, wryly funny, and powerful Marjorie Prime, directed by Tony Award® nominee Anne Kauffman (Mary Jane). A heart-achingly beautiful rumination on aging and artificial intelligence, memory and mortality, love and legacy, Marjorie Prime examines the blurred line between a life lived and a life remembered.Â
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.
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*Across the Boards - Join members of the creative team for a discussion following the performance.
(i) Insider's Night - An exclusive event for 2ST Subscribers. Join us one hour before for wine, hors d’oeuvres, and intimate discussion with one of the show’s designers.
(s) Student Matinee
OC - Open Captioned Performance. Text is displayed at the side of the stage in real time, including dialogue and sound effects from the production.
AD - Audio Described Performance. Using special audio equipment, commentary and narration is provided during the performance, guiding the listener through the show with descriptions of scenes, costumes, etc. in between dialogue or songs.
BY JORDAN HARRISON
Jordan Harrison (Playwright) was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Marjorie Prime, which had its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons. His newest play The Antiquities was recently seen in a joint production between Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theatre and Goodman Theatre. Harrison’s other plays include The Amateurs (Vineyard Theatre) and Maple and Vine (Playwrights Horizons). He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Horton Foote Prize, among others. As a screenwriter, his credits include three seasons of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. Harrison’s debut novel, Miss Archer, is forthcoming from William Morrow/HarperCollins, and he is writing the screenplay adaptation for 3000 Pictures.
DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN
Anne Kauffman (Director) New York Philharmonic, BAM, Ars Nova, NYTW, Roundabout Theatre Company, Encores! Off-Center, Women’s Project, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, The Public, P73 Productions, New Georges, Vineyard Theater, LCT3, Yale Rep, Steppenwolf, Goodman Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Z Space, American Conservatory Theater and Berkeley Rep. She is a Resident Director at Roundabout Theater, Artistic Associate and Founding Member of The Civilians, a Clubbed Thumb Associate Artist and co-creator of the CT Directing Fellowship, a New Georges Associate Artist, an SDC Executive Board Member, Vice President and Trustee of SDCF 2020-2023 and Artistic Director of City Center’s Encores! Off-Center 2017-2020. Kauffman’s awards include a 2024 Tony nomination for Best Director for Mary Jane, a 2023 Tony nomination for Best Revival for The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, three Obies, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League award and the Joe A. Callaway. Co-creator of the Cast Album Project with Jeanine Tesori.