Think your family’s got issues? Try spending some time with the Dahls. Get Cult of Love tickets on TodayTix to see Emmy Award nominee and Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland’s Broadway debut. Directed by Broadway alum and Drama Desk Award nominee Trip Cullman, this New York-premiere play comes to the Hayes Theater just ahead of the holidays as the Dahls experience a Christmas like no other.
Deck the halls with... laughs and worry: the Dahl clan is getting back together, siblings’ partners in tow, only for old wounds to fester and resurface around the family table. The dinner’s not ready — when will it be ready? — but drama is the main dish in this hilarious, biting, and smart comedy about family, tradition, and the ties that bomb.
1hr 40min. No intermission.
November 20th, 2024
February 2nd, 2025
By: Leslye Headland
Director: Trip Cullman
Producer: Second Stage Theater
Cast list: Shailene Woodley (as Diana Dahl Bennett), Zachary Quinto (as Mark Dahl), Barbie Ferreira (as Loren Montgomery), Molly Bernard (as Rachel Dahl), Roberta Colindrez (as Pippa Ferguson), Rebecca Henderson (as Evie Dahl), Christopher Lowell (as James Bennett), Christopher Sears (as Johnny Dahl), Mare Winningham (as Ginny Dahl), David Rasche (as Bill Dahl)
Sets: John Lee Beatty
Costumes: Sophia Choi
Lighting: Heather Gilbert
Sound: Darron L West
Other info: Hair and makeup design by Liz Printz, music supervision by Jacinth Greywoode, dramaturgy by Eleanor Skimin
Wheelchair and elevator access
Leslye Headland is a writer for the stage and screen, including the film Sleeping with Other People, and she has had a long career off Broadway, starting over a decade ago and including Assistance at Playwrights Horizons. Her latest play, Cult of Love, is the final one in her cycle of plays about the seven deadly sins. This new work, her long-awaited Broadway debut, focuses on pride. Growing up Christian, the playwright attributes a lot of her work to her upbringing, digging into the hilarity and absurdity of an obsession with behavior deemed sinful.
Trip Cullman has a long history of working on new plays and musicals, including The Pain of My Belligerence, Unknown Soldier, and Moscow x6. Many have been off Broadway, but he has now been directing on Broadway as well, and Cult of Love marks his return. This new show comes to Second Stage, a theatre known for its adventurous new plays.
Cult of Love is at New York's Hayes Theater, which is located at 240 West 44th Street, New York, 10036.
Cult of Love runs for 1hr 40min. No intermission.
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Cult of Love tickets start at $102.
Get Cult of Love tickets to see a new family comedy. Written by a co-creator of Russian Doll, Cult of Love plays on Broadway for a limited time this fall.
Obie Award winner and Broadway veteran Trip Cullman directs this new play.
Emmy nominee Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) wrote the play. She also wrote the play Bachelorette and wrote and directed its 2012 film adaptation and the 2015 film Sleeping with Other People.
This new play first ran at Berkeley Rep where it got strong reviews: "With lots of humor, much wit, perceptive writing, well-crafted multi-faceted characters and a perfect sense of timing, Cult of Love is an outstanding play," Berkeleyside wrote.
In Broadway houses, children under 4 are not permitted.
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