New Play by Eliya Smith DAD DON'T READ THIS Comes to St. Luke's Theatre Starring Amalia Yoo
Get your PJs — it’s time for a slumber party! Eliya Smith, the playwright best known for her Off-Broadway debut Grief Camp, will return to the New York City stage with her new play Dad Don’t Read This at St. Luke’s Theatre this May. The play, which will star Amalia Yoo, Renee-Nicole Powell, Sophie Rossman, and Katya Thomas, will play a strictly limited engagement from May 4 to 24, with an official opening set for May 11.
The play is set in Central Ohio, where four girls meet weekly for a sleepover. They talk all night, play The Sims, and attempt to get drunk. It’s a play about the people you know before you know anything.
“I love the potency of emotion in young people — the stakes of everything are so high, and feelings come easily and powerfully,” playwright Smith said in a statement. “Dad Don’t Read This is my love letter to adolescence and to teenage friendship and also an attempt to document how excruciating it is to be only partially a person.”
The creative team for Dad Don’t Read This includes scenic and props designer by Forest Entsminger, costume designer Dante Gonzalez, lighting designer Abigail Sage, sound designer Mitchell Polonsky, choreographer Lena Engelstein, production stage manager Mya Piccione, and assistant stage manager Madeline Riddick-Seals. The play will be directed by Chloe Claudel.
Dad Don’t Read This plays at St. Luke’s Theatre on West 46th Street in New York City from May 4 to 24. For tickets and more information, visit here.
