GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP.
Premiere of All Four Plays Presented Together
GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP.
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by James Macdonald
A girl made of glass. Gods and murders. A pack of ghosts. And a secret in a bottle. A kaleidoscope of stories, each short play is a testament to how playwright Caryl Churchill has “remade the landscape of contemporary drama—and earned herself a place among the greats” (The Guardian). James Macdonald directs these wildly inventive new works. The Public’s production marks the first time all four plays will be presented together.
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THU 04/03
7:30 PM
Joseph Papp Free Performance
FRI 04/04 7:30 PM
SAT 04/05 7:30 PM
SUN 04/06 7:30 PM
TUE 04/08 7:30 PM
WED 04/09 7:30 PM
THU 04/10 7:30 PM
FRI 04/11 7:30 PM
SAT 04/12 1:30 PM
SAT 04/12 7:30 PM
SUN 04/13 1:30 PM
SUN 04/13 7:30 PM
TUE 04/15 7:30 PM
WED 04/16
7:30 PM
Opening Night
THU 04/17 7:30 PM
FRI 04/18 7:30 PM
SAT 04/19 1:30 PM
SAT 04/19 7:30 PM
SUN 04/20 1:30 PM
SUN 04/20 7:30 PM
TUE 04/22 7:30 PM
WED 04/23 7:30 PM
THU 04/24 7:30 PM
FRI 04/25 7:30 PM
SAT 04/26 1:30 PM
SAT 04/26 7:30 PM
SUN 04/27
1:30 PM
Open Caption
SUN 04/27 7:30 PM
TUE 04/29 7:30 PM
WED 04/30 7:30 PM
THU 05/01 7:30 PM
FRI 05/02
7:30 PM
American Sign Language (ASL)
SAT 05/03
1:30 PM
Audio Described
SAT 05/03 7:30 PM
SUN 05/04
1:30 PM
Mask Required Performance
SUN 05/04 7:30 PM
TUE 05/06 7:30 PM
WED 05/07 7:30 PM
THU 05/08 7:30 PM
FRI 05/09 7:30 PM
SAT 05/10 1:30 PM
SAT 05/10 7:30 PM
SUN 05/11 1:30 PM
SUN 05/11 7:30 PM
TUE 05/13 7:30 PM
WED 05/14 7:30 PM
THU 05/15 7:30 PM
FRI 05/16 7:30 PM
SAT 05/17 1:30 PM
SAT 05/17 7:30 PM
SUN 05/18 1:30 PM
SUN 05/18 7:30 PM
TUE 05/20 7:30 PM
WED 05/21 7:30 PM
THU 05/22 7:30 PM
FRI 05/23 7:30 PM
SAT 05/24 1:30 PM
SAT 05/24 7:30 PM
SUN 05/25 1:30 PM
SUN 05/25 7:30 PM
Tickets
Tickets, now through May 11 are $89*
Tickets, beginning May 13 are $99*
Public Supporter and Partner tickets are $69
Public Supporter and Partner tickets, beginning May 13 are $79
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- Sunday, April 27, 1:30PM: Open Captioned Performance
- Friday, May 2, 7:30PM: American Sign Language Interpreted Performance
- Saturday, May 3, 1:30PM: Audio Described Performance
- Sunday, May 4, 1:30PM: Mask Required Performance
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PRODUCTION DETAILS.
Content and Production Effect Warning
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and we encourage you to contact us ([email protected] or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. contains flashing lights, haze and general atmospherics.
Audience members are invited to explore the Social Narrative Guide. This resource is designed to assist audiences in preparing for their visit to our theater and the upcoming performance.
Dive Deeper
Access the full Playbill here.
"Each play demands we see through these convenient narrative defenses to witness human action and human intent as the driving force of human misery." Read Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Else Went's full Playbill note here.
"Caryl Churchill is arguably the most influential living playwright in the English language." Read Artistic Director Oskar Eustis' full Playbill note here.
Cast.
Japhet Balaban
Cast
he/him. Public Debut. Balaban appeared on Broadway in Leopoldstadt. Regional credits include John Proctor is the Villain (Huntington), Prayer for the French Republic (Pioneer Theatre), Women Laughing Alone with Salad (Theatre Wit), Ideation (Jackalope Theatre), You on the Moors Now (the Hypocrites), and Posh (Steep Theatre). Film and TV credits include The Thing about Harry, “Fargo,” “Empire,” “The Chi,” “Chicago Med,” and “Chicago P.D.”
Ruby Blaut
Cast
is honored to be making her off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater, having previously performed in numerous children’s productions starting at the ripe age of six. She recently played Gretl in The Sound of Music and one day hopes to work with The Rock, to see whose version of The Eyebrow is better.
Kyle Cameron
Understudy
NYC credits include By the Water (MTC), Chains (Mint Theater), Night Sings its Songs (New Light), and Pushkin (the american vicarious). Regional productions inclue Significant Other, Anna Karenina, The White Chip, and many others. TV credits include “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Orange is the New Black,” and more. Training: NYU Grad Acting. Proud member of the 52nd Street Project.
Orlagh Cassidy
Understudy
John Ellison Conlee
Cast
he/him. Broadway: The Nap, The Full Monty (Tony & Drama Desk nominations), 1776, The Constant Wife. Other theater: Venus; Assassins; The (Curious Case of) the Watson Intelligence (Obie Award); Pig Farm; Murder Ballad; The Madrid; Tumacho!; and many more. TV: “The Gilded Age,” “Julia,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Madam Secretary,” “Parks & Recreation.” Film: LBJ, Serendipity, Kinsey. johnellisonconlee.com
Adelind Horan
Cast
is an award-winning film, television, and theater actor and writer making her Public debut. She is best known for her series regular role on Amazon’s “The Peripheral.” Theater credits include Old Masters (The Flea), Cry of the Mountain (Theatre Row, Edinburgh Fringe - Best Documentary Play, United Solo Festival), and Cripple of Inishmaan (Palm Beach Dramaworks). Film credits include Wanderland and Delenda (Best Supporting Actress - Chelsea Film Festival). TV credits include “The Deuce,” “The Punisher,” and “Chicago Med.”
Maddox Morfit-Tighe
Cast
Public Theater debut! Morfit-Tighe is a second year BFA Acting student at the Mason Gross School at Rutgers University. Credits include projects with the Bread and Puppet Theater, Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour, Bristol Riverside Theater, New York Circus Project, and HBO. Love to his friends and family. @maddox.morfit.tighe
Deirdre O'Connell
Cast
has worked at The Public Theater, Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Page 73, Playwrights Horizons, Labyrinth, New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick, Soho Rep, and the Vineyard. TV includes “The Penguin.” Film includes the upcoming Eddington. She has received two Obies, an Outer Critics Circle Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Citation, Lilly Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Tony Award.
Cecilia Ann Popp
Cast
is thrilled to be performing at The Public Theater! She made her Broadway debut last year in The Who’s Tommy as Tommy, Age 4. Off-Broadway credits include Willy Wonka, Matilda, and Annie. Many thanks to James Macdonald, Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths, Zoom Talent, CESD, and my loving family and friends. Instagram: @ceciliapopp
Sathya Sridharan
Cast
(he/him) has previously appeared at The Public in The Winter’s Tale (Mobile) and Richard II (WNYC) and on Broadway in Life of Pi. Off-Broadway credits include Wives (Playwrights), An Ordinary Muslim (NYTW), India Pale Ale (MTC), Two Brown Porters (59E59), and Ultimate Beauty Bible (Page 73). Regional credits include Life of Pi (A.R.T.), Our Town (Portland Center Stage), and Hapgood (Williamstown). Sridharan has appeared on TV and film in “Little America,” “Succession,” “Kaleidoscope,” “Blindspot,” The Whale, Minor Premise, and Ben and Suzanne (SXSW). He received a Princess Grace Award and earned his MFA at NYU.
Junru Wang
Cast
she/her. Starting at age 9, Wang toured with Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion for five years. At 17, she won “China's Got Talent.” Wang moved to California from China and majored in Film Production at University of Southern California. Upon graduation, Wang joined The 7 Finger's show Dear San Francisco which reignited her passion for circus.
Anya Whelan-Smith
Understudy
Public Theater debut. Recent credits include Ophelia in Hamlet at The Guthrie Theater (Broadway World Award) and the world premiere/national tour of Odyssey with The Acting Company. Past productions include Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Group, and Gulfshore Playhouse. Film/TV credits include “Law & Order: SVU," “FBI: International,” Souvenir Drunk. Training: Juilliard. @anyaws
Ayana Workman
Cast
(she/her) Public Theater credits include Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale. Off-Broadway credits include The Beacon (Irish Repertory Theatre), Macbeth (Redbull Theater Company), Macbeth (Hunter Theatre Company), and The Price of Thomas Scott (The Mint Theater Company). Regional productions include Everybody, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet (STC); and Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley (Cincinnati Playhouse). International productions include Julius Caesar (Globe Theatre); Guernica Continuum (SNG Maribor); and Virtual Truth (Bunker Stara Elektrarna). Workman’s TV/Film work includes “Jessica Jones,” “Person of Interest,” “Elsbeth,” “BAMMAS,” and Rustin. Workman received a BFA in Acting from Rutgers University.
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GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. Production Photos by Joan Marcus
GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. Rehearsal Photos by Joan Marcus
CREDITS.
GLASS, KILL, and IMP were first presented by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre on September 18, 2019. WHAT IF IF ONLY was first presented by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre on September 29, 2021.
WHAT IF IF ONLY had its North American premiere in 2021 with remote live performances presented by the National Asian American Theatre Company, realized by Les Waters and Jared Mezzocchi.