PERFORMANCE DATES
Begins October 21
WHERE
The Irene Diamond Stage
The Pershing Square Signature Center
BEGINS OCTOBER 21
THE PERSHING SQUARE SIGNATURE CENTER / OFF-BROADWAY
THE VISITORS
BY
BRYNA TURNER
DIRECTED BY
JENNA WORSHAM
WITH ESCO JOULÉY, CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER, WILL PULLEN, MARY WISEMAN, DANNY WOLOHAN
Joanna is in her mid-thirties and eager to become a parent. When she invites her three siblings to her New York City apartment to ask them for a shocking favor, they’re all forced to get to know each other as adults — but whether they’ll emerge from the visit closer or more at odds than ever is anyone’s guess. From playwright Bryna Turner and director Jenna Worsham, the acclaimed team behind The New York Times Critic’s Pick At the Wedding, comes The Visitors, a wry, heartfelt world premiere comedy-drama about finally meeting the people you’ve known your whole life.
This production is supported by The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation via a Theater Development Grant.
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.
^ 30 Under 30 Party Stick around after the show for complimentary drinks and snacks and chat with your fellow young theatergoers. For all productions at the Pershing Square Signature Center; open to 30 Under 30 buyers and Flip the Script subscribers.
*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.
ESCO JOULÉY
Esco Jouléy won over audiences as “Sonya” in the Emmy-nominated FX series “Dying for Sex,” alongside Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate, and previously starred in the Sundance series “State of the Union,” opposite Patricia Clarkson and Brendan Gleeson. On stage, Esco recently appeared in Windfall at Steppenwolf Theater, Trophy Boys at MCC Theater, and earned rave reviews for their “magnetic” performance in Merry Me and their award-winning turn in Wolf Play.
CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER
Broadway: Mother Play, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Peter and the Starcatcher, Les Misérables, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway performed at The Public, Playwrights Horizons, LCT, 2ST, NYTW, and NYCC Encores. Recent Film/TV: “The Gilded Age,” “Devil in Silver,” “The Good Wife,” “Line of Fire.” Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theater World Award winner. Isabelle Stevenson Tony award and NYCLU Michael Friedman Freedom award recipient. She is trained as an end-of-life doula.
WILL PULLEN
Broadway: Awake & Sing (upcoming), To Kill a Mockingbird, Sweat. Off-Broadway: The Receptionist (Second Stage), Sweat (The Public), Punk Rock (MCC), The Wayside Motor Inn (Signature), Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra (Playwrights Horizons), Marie Antoinette (Soho Rep), Scarcity (Rattlestick). Film: Greyhound 2, Lilly, A Little Prayer, Midday Black Midnight Blue, The Unforgivable, Greyhound, Goat. TV: Gilded Age, Dope Thief, Dickinson, The Americans, The Devil You Know, The Good Wife, Elementary.
MARY WISEMAN
Broadway: Thérèse Raquin. Off-Broadway: Business Ideas (Clubbed Thumb); Translations (Irish Rep); At the Wedding (LCT); The Skin of Our Teeth (TFANA); Romance Novels for Dummies, Off the Main Road (Williamstown Theatre Festival), An Octoroon (Soho Rep, TFANA). TV/Film: “Office Romance,” “Devil in Disguise,” “The Residence,” “Star Trek,” “Star Trek Academy,” “Marriage Story,” “Room 104,” “Baskets,” “Longmire,” “Difficult People,” “The Characters.” Education: Juilliard. Awards: Little Miss Pike County 1991
DANNY WOLOHAN
Broadway: Camelot, Macbeth, West Side Story, To Kill a Mockingbird. Off-Broadway: Derangements, Spain, The Welkin, The Low Road, Assassins, An Octoroon, The Flick, Pocatello, Verité. Regional: Dolly: A True Original Musical, What the Constitution Means to Me, Court Life, Gnit, Verité. TV: “The Gilded Age,” “Evil,” “When They See Us,” “The Blacklist,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Elementary,” “Veep,” and “The Good Fight.” Film: Union County (Sundance 2026), The Chaperones, White Noise, Szypliszki.
BY BRYNA TURNER
Bryna Turner is an award-winning playwright originally from Northern California. Their plays include: Bull in a China Shop (LCT3, About Face, Aurora, Diversionary, and many more); At the Wedding (LCT3, Studio Theatre, TheatreSquared); and Phases of the Moon. Honors include: the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, Lincoln Center Theatre’s Emerging Artist Award, a MacDowell Fellowship, and a New Roots Residency. They are a member/alum of: New Dramatists, WP Theater Lab, and Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers Group. They are currently under commission by Lincoln Center. BA: Mount Holyoke College. MFA: Rutgers University. www.brynaturner.com
DIRECTED BY JENNA WORSHAM
Select directing: Lagniappe (NYSAF); At The Wedding (Lincoln Center, NYT Critic’s Pick); The Siblings Play (Rattlestick Theater); Agnes (59E59, NYT Critic’s Pick); Belleville (Pasadena Playhouse); Superstitions (New Georges/Pool Plays); Summer’s Soldier and The First Immigrant (Williamstown); The Climb (Cherry Lane); Street Children (NYT Critic’s Pick). Broadway: Picnic, The Parisian Woman, The Heidi Chronicles. Jenna’s plays include: The Fifth (Venturous Fellowship nomination, Relentless Award Summer Series, O’Neill Semi-Finalist); Lacuna (OPC Finalist); Game (Rattlestick, SPACE on Ryder Farm). Co-founder of The Homebound Project with No Kid Hungry. National Directing Fellowship, Drama League & Boris Sagal Fellowship, Jonathan Alper Award (MTC). Proud member of SDC. Represented by Emma Feiwel (WME).