Teeth Tickets
About Teeth
Dawn O’Keefe is an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret not even she understands – when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally. From Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winner Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) and Anna K. Jacobs (POP!), Teeth, based on the cult classic film of the same name, is a fierce, rapturous, and savagely entertaining new musical crackling with irrepressible desire and ancient rage – a dark comedy conjuring the legend of one girl whose sexual curse is also her salvation.
Presented by special arrangement with Mark Gordon Pictures and LD Entertainment.
Teeth has received generous support from The Frederick Loewe Foundation and The Rea Charitable Trust.
Playwrights Horizons' season productions are generously supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Run time
1hr 50min. No intermission.
Start date
February 21st, 2024
End date
April 28th, 2024
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Age
Ages 17+. Teeth contains intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and strong language.
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Teeth cast and creative team
By: Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson
Songs by: Anna K. Jacobs (music) and Michael R. Jackson (lyrics) Director: Sarah Benson
Choreography: Raja Feather Kelly
Producer: Playwrights Horizons
Cast list: Alyse Alan Louis (as Dawn O'Keefe), Courtney Bassett (as Promise Keeper Girl Becky), Phoenix Best (as Promise Keeper Girl Fiona), Will Connolly (as Brad O’Keefe), Jason Gotay (as Tobey/Truthseeker), Jenna Rose Husli (as Promise Keeper Girl Trisha), Jared Loftin (as Ryan/Truthseeker), Lexi Rhoades (as Promise Keeper Girl Rachael), Wren Rivera (as Promise Keeper Girl Stephanie), Helen J Shen (as Promise Keeper Girl Keke)
Design: Adam Rigg
Costumes: Enver Chakartash
Lighting: Jane Cox and Stacey Derosier
Sound: Palmer Hefferan
Other info: Orchestrations by Kris Kukul, special effects design by Jeremy Chernick, music supervision by Julie McBride, music contracting by Kristy Norter, intimacy direction by Crista Marie Jackson, fight direction by Robert Westley
Venue
Playwrights Horizons
More information about Teeth
As the theatre company's artistic director Adam Greenfield wrote, Playwrights Horizons musicals "test the boundaries of what a musical can be, pushing past formula to discover new terrain. They are serious about being musicals, about the potential of the form.”
Playwrights Horizons is a special incubator for new, great American musicals like A Strange Loop and Assassins, and Teeth is the latest example. The cast makes this new musical extra delicious: Drama Desk Award nominees Alyse Alan Louis and Steven Pasquale lead, respectively, as Dawn and the town pastor.
What to watch for
- Teeth is part of a long line of successful musicals to have debuted at Playwrights Horizons, many of which have won Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prizes: Sunday in the Park With George, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Floyd Collins, Violet, Iowa, and Bella: An American Tall Tale.
- Teeth brings Michael R. Jackson back to Playwrights Horizons. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his meta-musical A Strange Loop, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons before transferring to Broadway and winning Jackson the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
- Playwrights Horizons recommends Teeth for ages 17 and up due to "intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and strong language." The show handles it all in a dark but campy manner.
- Celebrated as “robustly intelligent, unflinchingly honest, dizzyingly screwball, and a sheer delight,” Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson’s biting musical comedy won a Whiting Award. The Whiting Foundation has supported creative writing since 1985.
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