Read our review of The Trees, a new Off-Broadway play written by Agnes Borinsky and directed by Tina Satter, playing at Playwrights Horizons through March 19.
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New York
12 Feb 2023 - 19 Mar 2023
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The Trees Information
Playwright Agnes Borinsky and director Tina Satter make their Playwrights Horizons debuts with the world premiere of The Trees. Get The Trees tickets on New York Theatre Guide.
The Trees is a play about David and Sheila, two siblings who visit the park near their father's house, fall asleep, and wake up to find that their feet have become rooted into the ground. They make the best of their scenario by turning the park into a utopian community, overseeing the eclectic group of people that take shelter there — their Polish grandmother, a snack vendor, a Rabbi, a boyfriend, and more — while the harsh world rages around them.
The Trees is Agnes Borinsky's first live play with Playwrights Horizons, but she previously wrote the audio drama The Marriage of Earth and Sky for the company's podcast, Soundstage. Her other Off-Broadway works include A Song of Songs, Ding Dong It’s the Ocean, Of Government, and Brief Chronicle, Books 6-8.
Director Tina Satter heads up the Obie Award-winning theatre company Half Straddle, whose plays have appeared across the U.S. and the world. In 2021, she made her Broadway debut with Is This A Room, her theatrical adaptation of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner. That show also premiered off Broadway with Vineyard Theatre in 2019 and received critical acclaim both times.
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Run time
2 hours
Opening date
February 12th, 2023
Closing date
March 19th, 2023
Categories
Venue
Playwrights Horizons
Cast and creative
By: Agnes Borinsky
Director: Tina Satter
Producer: Playwrights Horizons
Cast list: Jess Barbagallo (as David), Marcia DeBonis (as Sheryl), Crystal Dickinson (as Sheila), Sean Donovan (as Jared), Xander Fenyes (as Ezra), Nile Harris (as Julian), Max Gordon Moore (as Saul), Pauli Pontrelli (as Tavish), Ray Anthony Thomas (as Norman), Danusia Trevino (as Grandmother), Sam Breslin Wright (as Terry/Vendor), Becky Yamamoto (as Charlotte)
Design: Parker Lutz
Costumes: Enver Chakartash
Lighting: Thomas Dunn
Sound: Tei Blow
Other info: Puppet design by Amanda Villalobos
Our review