Girl, Interrupted tickets
About Girl, Interrupted
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok brings GIRL, INTERRUPTED to the stage for its world premiere. This shattering new take on Susanna Kaysen’s groundbreaking memoir features original music from two-time Grammy Award winner Aimee Mann and choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh. After being checked into a psychiatric hospital, Susanna finds herself trapped in a place that’s both refuge and prison, discovering unexpected connection with the young women of her ward as they all fight for control, stability, and hope. Tony Award nominee Jo Bonney directs this captivating new play with music.
“Breathtaking music meets raw, honest female storytelling”
A Haunting Musical Memoir That Resonates
Audiences are overwhelmingly moved by this beautiful adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's memoir, praising its smart, poetic storytelling and fresh feminist perspective on mental health in the 1960s. Aimee ...
What It Feels Like
- Deeply moving
- Hauntingly beautiful
- Emotionally immersive
You’ll Love This If…
- You appreciate Aimee Mann's musical brilliance
- You connect with honest portrayals of girlhood and mental health
- You enjoy powerful ensemble performances with stunning harmonies
I thought it was a strange property to musicalize. Music was good, lyrics a little inconsistent. Think it would have been more successful as a play with music or limiting the number of characters who sing or are given songs.
Very intense. About women in a mental institution forming bonds
I’ve never felt something so powerful at the theatre before
Stars on stage
Juliana Canfield
King Princess
Emily Skinner
Girl, Interrupted cast and creative team
By: Martyna Majok, based on the memoir by Susanna Kaysen
Songs by: Aimee Mann, from the album Queens of the Summer Hotel
Director: Jo Bonney
Choreography: Sonya Tayeh
Cast list: Ta’Rea Campbell (as Valerie), Gabi Campo (as Tori), Juliana Canfield (as Susanna), Manoel Felciano (as Man/Musician), King Princess (as Lisa), Mia Pak (as Grace), Katherine Reis (as Daisy), Sally Shaw (as Polly), Emily Skinner (as Dr. Wick), Lauren Jeanne Thomas (as Judy/Musician)
Sets: dots
Costumes: Sarah Laux
Lighting: Heather Gilbert
Sound: Dan Moses Schreier
Other info: Original music by Dan Moses Schreier, hair and wig design by J. Jared Janas, prop management by Claire M. Kavanah, orchestrations and music supervision by Todd Almond, music direction by Andrea Grody
Venue
The Public Theater
Accessibility
Accessible entrances, seating, and restrooms. Assistive Listening Devices. ASL interpreted, Open Caption and Audio Descriptions at select performances or on demand by request.
