Practice Tickets
About Practice
See this dark comedy at Playwrights Horizons. Practice plays for a limited run at the Judith O. Rubin Theater on 42nd Street this fall. In this new play, Nazareth Hassan (recently at Vineyard Theatre: Bowl EP) showcases a community slowly, hilariously, and scarily slipping into an authoritarian state.
Experience Practice in New York to see this timely world premiere directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant (Terce). In Practice off Broadway, meet Asa Leon: the avant-garde auteur of the moment. For their next highly-anticipated performance piece, they assemble a company of actors to live together in an old Brooklyn church and make a play about themselves. Hassan’s painfully hyperreal comedy charts the gradual seduction of power, and what we each sacrifice to belong to a group.
Hassan's last play, Bowl EP, was a New York Times Critic's Pick; now, a new story takes center stage as an ensemble of actors play competing friends all vying for the spotlight.
Run time
2hr 30min. Incl. intermission.
Venue
Categories
Age
Ages 16+.
Start date
October 30th, 2025
End date
December 7th, 2025
Practice cast and creative team
By: Nazareth Hassan
Director: Keenan Tyler Oliphant
Producer: Playwrights Horizons
Cast list: Opa Adeyemo (as Ro), Karina Curet (as Mel), Amandla Jahava (as Savannah), Mark Junek (as Walton Rhodes), Hayward Leach (as Keeyon), Maya Margarita (as Angelique), Ronald Peet (as Asa Leon), Susannah Perkins (as Rinni/Lane Thurmond), Omar Shafiuzzaman (as Tristan), Alex Wyse (as Danny)
Sets: Afsoon Pajoufar
Costumes: Brenda Abbandandolo and Karen Boyer
Lighting: Masha Tsimring
Sound: Tei Blow
Other info: Movement by Camden Gonzales and Keenan Tyler Oliphant, fight direction and intimacy coordination by Rocío Mendez
Venue
Playwrights Horizons
More information about Practice
Looking at how authority unfolds, playwright Nazareth Hassan questioned his own power as a writer, noting in a statement, “What’s the very worst thing I could do with this skill set?” The character of Asa Leon soon leapt to Hassan, morphing into a mashup of countless teachers and directors they’d worked with.
Artistic Director Adam Greenfield added, “Every once in a while in my career, I come across a writer whose work crawls into my brain and starts to make my head spin. Whose writing is such an immediate sucker punch that I’ll remember the quality of light in the room I was sitting in while reading. Over the last few years, all of Nazareth’s plays have given me that, and Practice most of all."
Finally, the director Keenan Tyler Oliphant shared, “I’ve been very lucky to read a lot of Nazareth’s work, and there’s an almost ancient Grecian epicness to it and the way they use poetry."
What to watch for
- New York Magazine called Nazareth Hassan's last show Bowl EP “compelling, and at times, unbearably poignant.”
- Keenan Tyler Oliphant has been celebrated for his “rich staging” (The New York Times) of Heather Christian’s Terce, and has served as Associate Director of Hadestown.
- The cast indludes Opa Adeyemo, Karina Curet, Amandla Jahava, Mark Junek, Hayward Leach, Maya Margarita, Ronald Peet, Susannah Perkins, Omar Shafiuzzaman, and Alex Wyse.
- Playwrights is also producing Jen Tullock and Frank Winters’ Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God.
Frequently asked questions
What is Practice about?
A world premiere, Practice is a deviously funny and disquieting look at a community’s slip toward despotism.
What is the running time of Practice?
Practice runs for 2hr 30min. Incl. intermission.
Which theatre is Practice at?
Practice is at New York's Playwrights Horizons, which is located at 416 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenue), New York, 10036.
What is the age recommendation for Practice?
Ages 16+.
How do you get tickets for Practice?
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