Intimate Apparel
On stage March 7 – March 22, 2026
In 1905 New York City, Esther, a Black seamstress, is in great demand for the intimate apparel she creates for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. Though leading a life that provides joy to so many, she remains lonely and longing for a husband and a future. Through a mutual acquaintance, she begins a correspondence with a lonesome Caribbean man, George, who persuades her that they should marry, sight unseen. However, Esther’s heart is drawn to the Hasidic shopkeeper from whom she buys cloth, and his heart with her. Eventually, Esther must face the reality of the situation and embrace an unexpected future.
Intimate Apparel is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. www.concordtheatricals.com
Jesus Christ Superstar
On stage May 1 – May 17, 2026
What’s the buzz? Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 50 years. Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the rock opera is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. Loosely based on the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Superstar follows the last week of Jesus Christ’s life. The story, told entirely through song, explores the personal relationships and struggles between Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene, his disciples, his followers and the Roman Empire. A true global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar continues to thrill audiences.
Jesus Christ Superstar is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Really Useful Group. www.concordtheatricals.com
READING SERIES
Throughout the season, Gallery will present play readings and workshopped musicals with the return of its signature series, Overtures, and the introduction of a brand new series, Have You Heard?
OVERTURES
Overtures returns for its seventh year, bridging workshop readings of new musicals to Gallery’s stage. Come see the work of talented composers and writers as they refine their shows. At Overtures you can hear it here first!
The Battle of Blythe Road
Music, Lyrics, and Book by Hannah Fairchild
On stage March 16 and 17, 2026
On a Thursday night on the brink of disaster at the turn of some century, eight friends meet at a bar. They think they can do magic. They think they can see the future. They think they can save the world. They’re wrong.
From dusk until dawn, their beliefs in themselves, their faith in mysticism, and their relationships with one another will rupture. However, one of the most feared cards in the tarot deck tells us that sometimes things need to fall apart in order to heal.
The Battle of Blythe Road is a rock musical based loosely on the artists and weirdos of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Order was active at the turn of the 20th century, but their fascination with the occult and belief in the power of art to spur social change have resurfaced over and over again throughout history. The show uses music to connect the Order to the punks and hippies of the 1970s and the online activists of the post-Covid world. The show asks: why do these waves of interest in the occult keep happening, despite evidence that magic isn’t real? Why is social change always one step forward, two steps back?
An exploration of faith, social progress, and humanity’s desire to find explanations for the world around them, The Battle of Blythe Road examines our determination to get in our own way — and asks what we can do to escape the cycles of history.
Creative Team:
Hannah Fairchild is a composer, lyricist, and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. Fed up with playing grandmothers at 22, Hannah abandoned her musical theater acting BFA almost immediately after moving to New York in 2005. Instead, she pursued songwriting and terrible men throughout the mid-aughts, both of which equally led to her acclaimed art punk band Hannah vs The Many.
Hannah vs The Many recorded three albums and were about to record a fourth in May 2020, which went about as well as you imagine. Unable to perform, Hannah spent lockdown teaching herself Logic and Finale and began writing for theater and film. Since then, her scores have been featured in several horror shorts and narrative podcasts. Her rock musical The Battle of Blythe Road (which is about both socialism and the occult) was a semifinalist for the O’Neill Center Musical Theater Conference and is currently in development. Hannah was a finalist for the 2023 Jonathan Larson Grant and is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild and the filmmakers’ collective Filmshop.
HAVE YOU HEARD?
Gallery Players proudly presents a Reading Series of 3 unusual plays.
Have you heard is a reading series providing audiences the opportunity to see shows that would not likely be produced on the main stage but are exciting perspectives on our world by thoughtful playwrights. We hope to inspire conversation and maybe some useful disagreement through these staged readings.
Join us after for a post reading discussion.
Tiger Style! by Mike Lew
On stage May 11 and 12, 2026
Albert and Jennifer Chen are brilliant at academic achievement, but awash in adult life. Dumped by losers and passed over in favor of incompetent co-works, they hatch a radical plan to discover their true selves by going on an Asian Freedom Tour! From California to Shenzhen, Tiger Style! both examines and skewers the challenges of finding yourself in the modern America. If the new culture feels wrong, does that mean that the old culture is right?
SEASON 59: WE DID THAT!
A sell-out, smash hit! Legally Blonde broke box office records!!
Legally Blonde
September 13 – 28, 2025
A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Elle Woods appears to have it all. But her life is turned upside down and she does the unexpected – applies to Harvard Law School. Filled with plot twists, memorable songs, and dynamic dances, this musical is as stylish as it is savvy, as buoyant as it is brilliant, and as appealing as it is affirming! It’s so much fun, it should be illegal!
Legally Blonde the musical Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.www.mtishows.com
Production photos by Alice Teeple
Audiences called it “jaw-dropping” and “wildly creative”!
Hand to God
November 8 – 23, 2025
An outlandish and hilarious play, Hand to God is delightfully irreverent. After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.
Hand To God is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. www.concordtheatricals.com
Production photos by Kat Vecchio
Gallery Players has a history of supporting emerging playwrights, fostering play development, and producing world premieres. Now in its 29th year, our playwright-focused festival aims to polish and perfect a collection of new plays and offer a home where playwrights can deepen their stagecraft and hold a mirror up to our time.
Produced by Alex Rogals & Dominic Cuskern.
The 29th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
January 15 – 25, 2026
Desert Animals | Production photos by Steven Pisano